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Show EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE IS DEAD Last Empress of France Dies in Her Native Spain. Madrid. Tlie former Empress Eugenie Eu-genie of France died here July 11, at the aste of 04. Eugenie-Marie de Montijo, ex-en press of the French, wife of Napoleon Napol-eon HI, was born at Granada, in Spain on May fi, 1820. Eugenie appeared In society in Paris in 18ol and fascinated everyone every-one by her beauty and amiability. Louis Napoleon, who had just been crowned emperor, not excepted. He conceived an ardent passion for Mademoiselle Mad-emoiselle de Montijo or the Com-tesse Com-tesse de Tebn, as she was known and after the failure of his attempt to enter the circle of European royalty roy-alty through a dynastic marriage, he decided upon a marriage of inclination, inclina-tion, offered himself to Eugenie de MontljOj and was necept.ed a denouement denoue-ment that was viewed Tjy her enemies ns the coup of a succesful adventuress adventur-ess paralleling Napoleon's own coup d'etat. After Napoleon's death, Eugenie devoted de-voted herself to the education of tlie prince imperial. Her hopes for his future were blasted blast-ed by his death in Africa in the Zulu war in 1S79. Thereafter she continued contin-ued to resltle in Englaild In strict retirement re-tirement at Chislehurst. |