Eugénie de Montijo
Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales, known as Eugénie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870. From 28 July to 4 September 1870, she was the de facto head of state of France.
5 May 1826
Born on the same birth day (5 May): Agnes Knochenhauer • Cathleen Synge Morawetz • Celeste (singer) • Collie Smith • Fabián de la Rosa • Ferdinand von Richthofen • Iryna Vilde • Jean-Frédéric Edelmann • Leon Czolgosz • Louis Hachette • Marg Downey • Mitch Marner • Roger Rees • Shoko Nakagawa • Simon Rimmer • Thomas Bavin • Victor Garland • Žigmund Pálffy
Born in the same month (May 1826): Charles XV • Frederic Edwin Church