Countess Eugenia of Montijo/Empress Eugenie of the French .

María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick; 5 May 1826 -- 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was the 18th Marchioness of Ardales, 18th Marchioness of Moya, 19th Countess of Teba, 10th Countess of Montijo and Countess of Ablitas. She was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.