This future wife of Napoleon spent her first 15 years on the island of Martinique
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October 1779: Rose went to Brest with her father for her marriage to ... Dsire de 
Tascher de La Pagerie, future Mme de Renaudin, Rose's aunt and also Franois 
... to Martinique with her daughter Hortense, where she was to stay for two years.