tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post6635979778877157748..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Marriage, War and Living up to Napoleon: Eugène de Beauharnais Catherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-29697921357816539562016-04-08T12:33:40.664+01:002016-04-08T12:33:40.664+01:00Thank you for that very interesting perspective; &...Thank you for that very interesting perspective; "too French" can be taken any number of ways. :-)Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-57691340818295317992016-04-08T04:55:33.898+01:002016-04-08T04:55:33.898+01:00I'm not sure if the Italians truely liked him ...I'm not sure if the Italians truely liked him all that much. As a matter of fact they chucked him out rather violently as soon as Napoleon had abdicated. And while in English and german sources he usually has a reputation as loyal, warm-hearted and kind, in Italy he seems to be remembered mostly as a fop and a womanizer, and being way "too french", even accused of arrogance. The attitude of the French towards him seems to be rather ambivalent, too.<br />In Munich he was very well-loved by the popularion and by the king but he faced lots opposition frpom the nobility and particularly from the crown-prince, his brother-in-law. He's mostly forgotten now, which, in my opinion, he really does not deserve.Josefahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333885777689676609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-32376838920633328512015-02-21T23:33:13.777+00:002015-02-21T23:33:13.777+00:00Quite so! I do have a lot of time for him, he seem...Quite so! I do have a lot of time for him, he seems like a good chap to know.Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-62665649523065110902015-02-21T11:54:07.941+00:002015-02-21T11:54:07.941+00:00He seems to have been a genuinely good man, as wel...He seems to have been a genuinely good man, as well as a courageous one. His family was to marry into the Romanovs - and amazing fact when one considers that he was one of the heroes of the Retreat from Moscow in 18112!Antoine Vannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-42461209751786003612013-09-03T10:26:25.588+01:002013-09-03T10:26:25.588+01:00And a Bonaparte too - albeit an adopted one!And a Bonaparte too - albeit an adopted one!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-50104857096631652782013-09-03T08:17:01.608+01:002013-09-03T08:17:01.608+01:00This chap smacks so familiar as such military geni...This chap smacks so familiar as such military geniuses as Patton, Rommel and Montgomery, all of whom were able to revise their military strategies with stunning and crushing effect. It's no mean task that he was a popular leader in Italy. They're not know for their acceptance of foreigners, let alone an imposed Viceroy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445629159912795832noreply@blogger.com