  thumb|alexandre de beauharnais alexandre franÃ§ois marie de beauharnais, vicomte de beauharnais (28 may 1760 â 23 july 1794) was a french political figure and general during the french revolution. he was the first husband of josÃ©phine tascher de la pagerie, who later married napoleon bonaparte and became empress of the first empire. alexandre was arrested in march 1794, and following his sentence of death during the reign of terror, was executed by guillotine in paris's place de la rÃ©volution. ==ancestry==  his paternal grandparents claude de beauharnais (1680â1738) and renÃ©e hardouineau (1696â1744) were married in la rochelle during 1713. his father franÃ§ois de beauharnais, marquess de la la fertÃ©-beauharnais (1714â1800) served as governor of martinique. alexandre was the third of three sons born to him by his first wife marie henriette pyvart de chastullÃ© (1722â1767) - the first died in infancy, and the second was francis vi of beauharnais. his father was remarried in 1796 to eugenie de tascher de la pagerie (1739â1803). ==biography== alexandre was born in fort-royal (today's fort-de-france), martinique. on 13 december 1779 in paris, he married josÃ©phine tascher de la pagerie, the future empress of france. they had two children: *eugÃ¨ne de beauharnais (3 september 1781 â 21 february 1824). *hortense de beauharnais (10 april 1783 â 5 october 1837), later mother of napoleon iii of france. alexandre fought in louis xvi's army in the american revolutionary war. he was later deputy of the noblesse in the estates-general, and was president of the national constituent assembly from 19 june to 3 july 1791 and from 31 july to 14 august 1791. made a general in 1792 (during the french revolutionary wars), he refused, in june 1793, to become minister of war. he was named general-in-chief of the army of the rhine in 1793. on 2 march 1794, the committee of general security ordered his arrest. accused of
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