 She was the mother of Napoléon III, Emperor of the French, Louis II of Holland, and Napoléon Louis Charles Bonaparte who died at the age of four.She had also an illegitimate son, The 1st Duc de Morny, by her lover, the Comte de Flahaut.Hortense was born in Paris, France, on 10 April 1783, the daughter of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie.