The second of three sons of the painter Jean-François Garneray, Auguste-Siméon studied under Jean-Baptiste Isabey and himself taught queen Hortense and later the duchesse de Berry.
Her daughter, Hortense, was named in honor of her friend, Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon.
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While in France, the Monroes' daughter Eliza became a friend of Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon, and both girls received their education in the school of Madame Jeanne Campan, who had been an advisor on court etiquette to Marie Antoinette.
Joséphine de Beauharnais | Eugène de Beauharnais | Stéphanie de Beauharnais | Hortense de Beauharnais | Hortense Schneider | Hortense Mancini | House of Beauharnais | Hortense Béwouda | ''Tombeau d'Hortense'', Church of Saint Pierre Saint Paul in Rueil-Malmaison | Steve Beauharnais | Josephine de Beauharnais | Hortense Spillers | Hortense Powdermaker | Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot | Auguste de Beauharnais | Alexandre de Beauharnais |
The institution prospered, and was patronized by Hortense de Beauharnais, whose influence led to the appointment of Madame Campan as superintendent of the academy founded by Napoleon at Écouen for the education of the daughters and sisters of members of his Légion d'honneur in 1807.