Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie started life as an innocent girl living on the Island of Martinico. Rose went from being a plantation owners poor daughter to being one of the most sophisticated and powerful women in history. On 23 June 1777, Rose turned fourteen and was yet unmarried, wondering what hope there would be of ever getting married, on a whim she went to see an aging voodoo priestess who told of her future. The voodoo priestess would tell Rose three things Rose would be unhappily married, she would be widowed and she would be in the people of Frances eyes greater than the Queen. Rose had a very eventful and interesting life compared to normal women of her time period, and even compared to women of today's lifestyle. .
What began the unfolding of the first part of the prophecy was when Roses older sister Catherine was to marry Alexander de Beauharnais, the Marquis's son and Catherine became ill and died of fever on 16 October 1777. The family then had to decide on sending Rose's younger sister Manette or Rose. Rose's mother did not want to let her youngest to go so in the end Rose was sent to France to marry Alexander de Beauharnais. Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie married Alexander de Beauharnais on 13 December 1779. .
Rose only wanted to please her husband, as any woman would do. As Vicomtesse Rose wanted to be the picturesque wife and mother. Rose wanted Alexander to be proud to have her as his wife. Rose quickly became pregnant but later lost the child. On 3 September 1781 Rose gave birth to a son they named Eugene. It was said that shortly after the birth of their son Alexander told Rose that he had been consorting with his mistress, Madame Laure de Longpre, Rose's cousin. Rose was told to accept her husband's infidelities as most women of the times did. It was estimated that in the first two years of their marriage Alexander was only home for a total of eight months.
