N III tried 3 times to conquer the power. he was twice thrown in jail, until he conquered... the money of Harriet, and a real power to organize his return ! Here is
Beauregard, her castle, a huge building no longer existing (he was destroyed after WWII) MANY OTHER FRENCH CASTLES are named Beauregard, but this one does not longer exists. She rebuilted it in a more modern style and also owned stud-farm, farms, estates... She is said to have been very generous with people of her neightborhoud...
Strangely, Eugénie was quite a "poor" marriage for him without a real advantage (on politic or/and money point of view). Purhaps he was the first european monarch to marry only for private reasons ?? Her beauty was so radiant (there is not a photogtaphy that can give an idea of her charming majesty) that he thought she also will be a splendid lover in their bed, but he was wrong...
N III was also a dreamer with something like king Ludwig II of Bavaria : they both liked to build marvellous buidings, and N III did so many straordinary architectural things as the link between Louvres et Tuileries, the reconstitution of the old city of Carcassonne, churches, etc. Here is
Pierrefonds that Kaiser Wilhem visited (and then he decided some of his castles' renovations) and that king Ludwig II visited and that inspired him for his own projects):
