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Empress Eugenie

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The Resume

    (May 5, 1826-July 11, 1920)
    Born in Granada, Spain
    Birth name was Dona Maria Eugenia Ignatia Augustina Palafox de Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, Countess of Teba
    Empress Consort of France (1853-71)
    Married to Napoleon III

Why she might be annoying:

    She was the emperor's third choice, as he had been rebuffed the granddaughter of the King of Sweden and by the niece of Queen Victoria.
    She reportedly disliked sex and ended relations with her husband after the birth of their son.
    Not too surprisingly, Napoleon III had a lot of mistresses.
    She encouraged her husband's authoritarian tendencies.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She set women's fashions in Europe during her reign.
    She and Napoleon III survived an assassination attempt in which three bombs were thrown at their carriage (1858).
    After being exiled to England, she established a monastery for monks driven out of France by anti-clerical laws of the Third Republic.
    Her son died while fighting for the British in the Zulu War (1879).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 94 Votes: 56.38% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 94 Votes: 57.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying