Eu·gé·nie 
(y-jēnē, œ-zhā-nē) 1826-1920.
(y-jēnē, œ-zhā-nē) 1826-1920. Empress of France (1853-1871) as the wife of Napoleon III. She acted as regent during the emperor's absences and is thought to have influenced events leading to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which ended in defeat for France.
Eugéniedetail from 1855 painting The Empress Eugénie Surrounded by Her Ladies in Waiting, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
(1805-1873)