 Her beauty attracted Louis-Napoleon, who, as was his custom, tried to seduce her, but Eugénie told him to wait for marriage.The civil ceremony took place at Tuileries Palace on 22 January 1853, and a much grander ceremony was held a few days later at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.In 1856, Eugénie gave birth to a son and heir-apparent, Napoléon, Prince Imperial.