Empress Madeleine of France (Napoleon's World)

Empress Madeleine Bonaparte of France (14 March 1939 - 23 June 2011) was the Empress of France and consort to Emperor Albert II. Styled Her Royal Majesty the Empress, Madeleine was the first Empress to not be born from a traditional French aristocratic family and was the first Empress since Gabrielle to not be of Corsican origin or descent, hailing from Normandy. She was the mother of the current Emperor, Maurice Napoleon I and the grandmother of Christine, the heiress apparent to the French throne.