A Walk Around Napoleon & Josephine's Chateau de Malmaison, Paris
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2019
- Château de Malmaison is a French château near the western bank of the Seine about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the centre of Paris in Rueil-Malmaison.
Formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, along with the Tuileries it was the headquarters of the French government from 1800 to 1802, and Napoleon's last residence in France at the end of the Hundred Days in 1815. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the estate became a summer residence of Edward Tuck, the Vice Consul of the American Legation in Paris.
Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon I of France, at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign. Malmaison was a run-down estate, seven miles west of central Paris that encompassed nearly 150 acres of woods and meadows.
Upon his return, Bonaparte expressed fury at Joséphine for purchasing such an expensive house with the money she had expected him to bring back from the Egyptian campaign. The house, for which she had paid well over 300,000 francs, needed extensive renovations, and she spent a fortune doing so. Malmaison would bring great happiness to the Bonapartes. Joséphine's daughter, Hortense would call it "a delicious spot".
Joséphine endeavored to transform the large estate into "the most beautiful and curious garden in Europe, a model of good cultivation". She located rare and exotic plants and animals to enhance the gardens. Joséphine wrote: "I wish that Malmaison may soon become the source of riches for all [of France]"...
In 1800, Joséphine built a heated orangery large enough for 300 pineapple plants. Five years later, she ordered the building of a greenhouse, heated by a dozen coal-burning stoves. From 1803 until her death in 1814, Josephine cultivated nearly 200 new plants in France for the first time.
The property achieved enduring fame for its rose garden. Empress Joséphine had the Belgian artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) record her roses (and lilies), and prints of these works sell quite well, even today. She created an extensive collection of roses, gathering plants from her native Martinique and from other places around the world. She grew some 250 varieties of roses. From the foreword to Jardin de la Malmaison (1803):
After her divorce from Napoléon, Joséphine received Malmaison in her own right, along with a pension of 5 million francs a year, and remained there until her death in 1814. Napoléon returned and took residence in the house after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (1815), before his exile to the island of Saint Helena.
In 1842 Malmaison was purchased by Maria Christina, widow of King Ferdinand VII of Spain; she lived there with her second husband Agustín Fernando Muñoz, 1st Duke of Riánsares. In 1861 Maria Christina sold the property to Napoleon III.
Malmaison was fully restored by the famous French architect Pierre Humbert in the early 20th century. It is now considered an important historical monument.
The styles of décor i like best: Empire, Regency and Biedermeier.
Joséphine made Napoleon's room to appear like a tent, outdoors.
What is even more enjoyable is the description you wrote. 250 varieties of roses, heated greenhouses, exotic plants? That is impressive.
C'est Magnifique! Every room, and, the rooms ARE large, has a distinct look .
That place is awesome-aReal palace. The layout for a country home was just perfection!
omg. i would die of happiness taking a tour for that place!
Is even more beautiful than Versailles ♥
! Tres magnifique ! Merci.
How gorgeous! 😍
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
PS: I got a kick out of the squeeky sound of your shoes on the wooden floors 😄.
Marble floors....
Very enjoyable tour (except for your squeaky shoes).
I visited Paris last year and visited Malmaison.
Besides your shoes, short explanations of some of the exhibits would have made this video tour much more interesting.
Thanks very much...you get an "A++".
Ya those shoes.... WOW....I would go insane with every step!!!!!!
your squeaky shoes has more status, power, and privilege, than my life
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The shoes remind me of the episode of SpongeBob 😅😅😅 but thank you very much for sharing this video with us cheers mate
Wonderful I´ve been to it in July It was a great experience indeed.
How I like my sunny two bedroom apartment, next to well mantained public parks, where I can meet my neighbours...
Uau!!!!
Great👌
Today's May 5th 2021 he's a dad day, 200 years ago Napoleon the Great was poison!!! Vive La France!!!🗼🎆🥰🍷
He wasn’t poisoned he had stomach cancer
@@Nbaker2010 : If you read the book, The Murder of Napoleon, by Ben Weider and David Hapgood it explains how Napoleon was possibly murdered by slow poisoning. The symptoms and evidence pointed to arsenic poisoning. Even Napoleon himself suspected something foul was going on.
@@300books I didn’t know that, I guess no one will ever know how Napoleon truly died
@@300books I read that book too, very interesting, they were determined to get rid of him...
like si vienen de la escuela zayess xdxdxd
Nice video, but next time slow down
Put video on slower speed while watching. Tap 3 dots on upper right corner of screen.
Those shoes make a horrible noise!! 😢
I guess his wife would be out planting flowers.
Vive l'Empereur !!
QUIEN VIENE DE LA SEQUNDARIA SAYESS
Merci d'avoir fait cette vidéo! mais le son de vos chaussures est vraiment ... grossier!..Thanks friend for your video, but your shoes makes a very disrespectful sound...anyway thanks !
Thanks but why are your shoes so squeaky?
M. Stanley ...it’s not my shoes, it’s the antique parque flooring.
The house is 200 years old or younger than that or not
Queen Josephine was born in St.lucia, in a village called Anse-La-Raye, yes I know it's true without a shadow of doubt. She had two daughters Marie-rose Barbournou and Margarit Barbournou. Marie-rose was to Louis Francois Common in 1804.
Do you think it's a little busy? You could not forget what you used to look like.
You should have added music
I stopped doing that about five years ago... Too much loss of revenue do to copyright issues.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist your films are excellent though, many thanks.
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Which Name was IT bevor them. The real ohne was killed by french Revolution.
The the sound of his squirting shoes is annoying.
Who wears shoes that make so much noise? I’m outta here.
You can cancel the sound if you want. Nobody forces you to listen to it.
Besides, these shoes are the best because they don't ruin those precious and antique floorings 😉.
Lovely home and gardens; deep, saturated colors! Peaceful, in contrast to the former occupant who brought so much death and destruction to Europe with the peninsular wars.
Idiot. the Coalition powers funded by british gold declared war on Napoleon five times just because they were threatened by the ideals of equality before the law he promoted throughout Napoleonic France.
As opposed to the death and destruction that the coalitions brought to Europe to oppose Napoleon. I challenge you to read history. Much more death and suffering was caused by the “righteous” Coalition Powers than by Napoleonic France. Look no further than Wellington and his time in India if you want to talk about death and destruction. Napoleon was a hero depicted as a villain. The winners were the antagonists.
Diane you better read up on your history. The monarchy in Europe and Britain could never accept a peace with Napoleon .
Squeeky shoes so annoying, had to stop watching, and I so wanted to see everything!
Why did you not just shut off the sound ?
put some whale oil on your shoes.
It wasn’t me…it was the floor…
And now they are dead arent ya
And... we moan,,, about,,, 1,000 £ a.. roll,, wallpaper!!??... boney... must have,, shot his cannon,, when,, he got,, the.... Bill...!!🇫🇷⚜️.... meard,,,, josie!!😤