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A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Eugenie, Empress of the French
EUGENIE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH,
And Countess-Duchess of Tèba, was born May 5th., 1826. She is the daughter of Donna Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick, of Closebura, Countess-Dowager de Montijos, Countess Miranda, and Duchess of Peraconda, member of the noble order of Maria Louisa, and first lady of honour to the Queen of Spain.
This lady, who was the daughter of an English Consul at Malaga, a North Briton, named Kirkpatrick, married the Count de Montijos, who belonged to one of the most noble Spanish families, and held a commission in the army of his country.
He died, and left his widow, the Countess Montijos, whose titles we have given above, with ample means to support the dignity of her station, and provide for her two daughters, of whom Eugenie was the youngest. The elder daughter married the Duke of Alba and Berwick, a lineal descendant of James the Second and Miss Churchill.
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