Empress Eugénie on a prie-Dieu by Gustave Le Gray (1856)

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y KirkPatrick, 16th Countess of Teba, 15th Marchioness of Ardales (1826 – 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was the last Empress consort of the French, from 1853 to 1871, as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.

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L’impératrice Eugénie agenouillée sur un prie-Dieu by Le Gray Gustave via

Empress Eugenie

L’impératrice Eugénie agenouillée sur un prie-Dieu dans le salon du palais de Saint-Cloud by Le Gray Gustave via