Eugénie

American

[œ-zhey-nee] / œ ʒeɪˈni /

noun

Comtesse de Teba Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán, 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.

Eugénie British

/ øʒeni /

noun

original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III

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As the thieves fled, they dropped a 19th-Century diamond-studded crown belonging to Empress Eugenie, which was damaged.

From BBC

Mountbatten-Windsor had been a guest at the opening of the Banque Havilland and David Rowland had attended the former prince's birthday party and the wedding of his daughter Princess Eugenie.

From BBC

"During the night, you could hear tiles lifting, rubbish bins rolling down the street -- it was crazy," said Eugenie Ferrier, 32, from the village of Roaillan near Bordeaux in the southwest.

From Barron's

The newly released emails indicate that Jeffrey Epstein had a bigger presence than previously thought in the lives of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

From BBC

For Beatrice, now 37, and Eugenie, 35, these new revelations could put their future under scrutiny.

From BBC

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