This corporation also owns the principal bhotels/b and clubs of the community that serve the tourist trade. The citizens of Monaco are exempt from taxes, and they are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms."b....../b Josephine caught Napoleon in the bedroom of her lady-in-waiting, Elisabeth de bVaudey/b, and Napoleon threatened to divorce her as she had not produced an heir. Eventually, however, through the efforts of Josephine's natural daughters, the two were reconciled and ...
The family struggled financially when hurricanes destroyed their estate in 1766. Edmée, Joséphine's paternal aunt, had been the mistress of François, vicomte de Beauharnais, a French aristocrat. When Francois' health began to fail, ...
