Château de Malmaison

The Château de Malmaison (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the centre of Paris, in the commune of Rueil-Malmaison. Formerly the residence of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, along with the Tuileries, it was the headquarters of the French government from 1800 to 1802, and Napoleon's last residence in France at the end of the Hundred Days in 1815. History Joséphine de Beauharnais at Malmaison in 1801 by François Gérard Napoleon Crossing the Alps, a painting by Jacques-Louis David from the Malmaison collection Joséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon I of France, at that time away fighting the Egyptian Campaign. Malmaison was a run-down estate, seven miles (11 km) west of central Paris that encompassed nearly 150 acres (0.61 km 2 ) of woods and meadows. Upon his return, Bonaparte expressed fury at Joséphine for purchasing.