It has been said that behind every great man there is a great woman, well in the case of the great General Napoleon Bonaparte there were at least three great women. Everyone knows what Napoleon was like leading the government and troops in battles, but these women had the opportunity to know some parts of the real Napoleon or at least the parts that he made each woman see differently. If you take a step back and look behind the curtain that depicted Napoleon's personal life, you will see the three main women who helped define who he was and how he is remembered in history. There was the first wife Giuseppina who gave confidence, the favorite sister who idolized Napoleon and the second wife who made him feel powerful and real. On March 9, 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte felt nothing but pride when he married Josephine Tascher. Napoleon was so passionately in love that day, but his feelings would soon turn to suspicion and jealousy, for good reason. At the beginning of the relationship and marriage, while Napoleon was passionately in love with Josephine, she felt nothing but interference towards him. Josephine had long forgotten how to feel safe and secure, so she never abandoned her old lifestyle that she learned long ago. Before marrying Bonaparte Josephine had been married to Alexandre de Beauhamais who left her to care for their two children. Own. Josephine quickly learned how to conduct business and became involved in profitable but questionable businesses. At the start of the revolution Josephine was reunited with her husband when they were both thrown into prison. Alexandre was executed and Josephine went through daily fear of possible execution. Josephine was finally released from prison and captured... in the middle of a sheet of paper... The infamous Pauline Bonaparte. Np, May 13, 2008. Web. May 26, 2014. "Napoleon." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, May 25, 2014. Web. May 26, 2014. “Napoleon and Joesphine.” PBS. PBS and Web. May 26, 2014. .Orr, Lyndon. "Famous affinities of history". Famous affinities in history. Np, nd Web. May 26, 2014. "Paolina Bonaparte." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 May 2014. Web. 26 May 2014. .Schneider, Giovanni. "Napoleon and Josephine." Napoleon and Josephine. The Napoleon Series, nd Web. 26 May 2014. .