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Joseph married Julie Clary in 1794, and by 1802, he'd had three daughters by her. Lucien married Christine Boyer in the same year, and by 1800 had had three daughters and a stillborn son. Napoléon married Josèphine and never had any children by her.

So, let's fix that. (I know there're these theories that Josèphine was either rendered infertile by her imprisonment (stress brought on early menopause) or a fall from a collapsing balcony, but nothing concrete). She weds Napoléon in 1796 (when she's 33, he six years younger), and the window is closing (her mother had given birth to Josèphine's youngest sister by the age of 30, however, her father's youngest sibling had been born when his mom was 37yo, and her paternal grandfather's mom had been 33yo at his (her eldest child)'s birth).

Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1769) m: March 1796 Josèphine de Beauharnais (b.1763)

Marie Victoire Letitie Catherine (b.1796)

Charles Napoléon Alexandre Joseph (b.1797)

Alexandrine Marie Malvina Élise (b.1799)

Napoléon Louis Frédéric (b.1800)
Regarding the children. I figure Marie Victoire is a wedding-night baby. Bonaparte's soldiers referred to Josèphine as the Notre Dame des Victoires IIRC, so it seems likely to me, that Napoléon will somehow insert this into his daughter's name. Victoire and Hortense will be the apple of their dad's eye. Hortense first, since she's older, but Victoire because she's Napoléon's own child. Her other names, Letitie, is for Madame Mère and Catherine is for Josèphine's deceased sister (whose death sent her to France).

His eldest son, I reason that Napoléon will name the boy after his own dad (hence the Charles as a first name), then himself, Alexander the Great, and Joseph can alternately be ambiguous, as it can be for Josèphine, his uncle, Joseph, or Josèphine's dad (Joseph Gaspard Tascher de la Pagerie).

The second daughter is named Alexandrine because of the dad's Egyptian campaign. I was gonna go with Cléopatre but I thought that that would be far too exotic, even for Egyptomanic France. So named for Alexandria is the next best thing. Malvina is after the character in Ossian. Napoléon was an Ossian fanboy, even giving one of their names to two of his godsons (Dermide Leclerc and the future Oscar I of Sweden), so why not Malvina for his own daughter? Especially since Oscar-Malvina are a pair of lovers in Macpherson's cycle.

The second son I couldn't decide if he should die in infancy or be stillborn (or if there should be another stillbirth after 1800). I was also toying with a classical name for him, but wasn't sure what to use. Alexandre's already been used, and César or Auguste seem unnecessarily pompous (particularly for a second son). I contemplated Roland/Orlando, but I'm not sure if that was fashionable at the time. So I'm open to suggestions.

How will these kids affect things? Well, for one, Josèphine won't be set aside, Hortense won't be married to Louis Bonaparte, which means both can be married elsewhere (@isabella in another thread suggested the dowager queen of Etruria for Louis, and a general of Napoléon for Hortense's first husband, then after said general's death, a match with the former grand duke of Tuscany) and possibly a happier marriage for both parties.

It's unlikely that Lucien's remarriage will gall Napoléon as much as it did OTL (one, he's got two brothers to spare rather than one; and two, he's got his own sons to look out for). The first son will obviously be future emperor - so Alexander I (who I think I will let his daughter, Maria (b.1799) survive to marry Napoléon II. Anna can still get married elsewhere) might be less against a match with the Bonapartes than OTL. And even if he does still refuse the marriage, an Austrian archduchess (either Alexander's Hungarian niece, who seems a bit young for Napoléon II, bit more of an age for the second son) will suit. I like Maria Leopoldina rather than Maria Luise for the role of empress (so perhaps Luise is already married elsewhere?).

That's all I've got for now.

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