Alexandre de Beauharnais

Alexandre de Beauharnais
Portrait by a painter of David's circle, c. 1793
President of the Constituent National Assembly
In office 19 June – 3 July 1791
Preceded by	Luc Dauchy
Succeeded by	Charles de Lameth
In office 31 July – 13 August 1791
Preceded by	Jacques Defermon des Chapelières
Succeeded by	Victor de Broglie
Personal details
Born	(1760-05-28)28 May 1760 Fort-Royal, Martinique, France
Died	23 July 1794(1794-07-23) (aged 34) Paris, France
Resting place	Picpus Cemetery, Paris
Spouse	Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie ​ ​ (m. 1779)​
Children	Eugène de Beauharnais (son) Hortense de Beauharnais (daughter)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of France Kingdom of France  First French Republic
Branch/service	Army
Years of service	1775–1794
Rank	General of division
Commands	Army of the Rhine
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition Siege of Mainz (1793)

Alexandre François Marie, Viscount of Beauharnais (28 May 1760 – 23 July 1794) was a French politician and general of the French Revolution. He was the first husband of Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie, who later married Napoleon Bonaparte and became empress of France. Beauharnais was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror.