Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband , General Napoléon Bonaparte , the future Napoléon I of France , at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign .
Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1797 for herself and her husband , General Napoléon Bonaparte . The future Napoléon I of France was at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign .