 Joséphine de Beauharnais's extended family member Stéphanie de Beauharnais is an ancestor to Albert II, Prince of Monaco, through her daughter Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, and of the present heads of the princely house of Hohenzollern and royal houses of Romania, Yugoslavia and Italy, through her daughter Princess Josephine of Baden.Biographer Carolly Erickson wrote, “In choosing her lovers Rose [Josephine] followed her head first, then her heart”, meaning that she was adept in terms of identifying the men who were most capable of fulfilling her financial and social needs.She was not unaware of Napoleon's potential.