Château Malmaison

château, Rueil-Malmaison, France

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Château Malmaison, located in Rueil-Malmaison, France, was originally built in 1622. It gained prominence when purchased and enlarged by Joséphine Bonaparte, the first wife of Napoleon I, in 1799. Napoleon himself stayed there between military campaigns and briefly after his 1815 defeat. The château is now a museum. Joséphine and her daughter, Queen Hortense, are buried in the nearby 16th-century church of Rueil. Rueil-Malmaison itself is a western suburb of Paris with various industries and has undergone significant development.12

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Rueil-Malmaison
…château at the site called Malmaison (House of Misfortune). It was purchased in 1799 and enlarged by Joséphine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon, and later empress of the French; Napoleon stayed there between campaigns and spent a short while there after his defeat in 1815. It is now a museum.…
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…château at the site called Malmaison (House of Misfortune). It was purchased in 1799 and enlarged by Joséphine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon, and later empress of the French; Napoleon stayed there between campaigns and spent a short while there after his defeat in 1815. It is now a museum.…
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