Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais (23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte. This made her the first Empress of the French. Her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. 
She did not have any children with Napoleon, as a result, he divorced her in 1810. Then he married Marie Louise of Austria.