'Prenup deed' between Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine set to go under the hammer

A recently emerged 18th Century 'prenup document' between Napoleon Bonaparte and his first wife Josephine will soon go up for auction, it has been reported.

It suggested that the legendary couple, who married in 1796, were concerned about protecting their personal wealth as any rich man and wife living today, the Daily Express reported.

However, both the Empress of the French and the French political leader lied about their age in the documents and they failed to disclose assets in case they had to divide them following a separation but the contract stated that the pair will "in no way be responsible for the debts and mortgages of the other" and that there would be "no common property."

Napoleon's mother and sisters were particularly resentful of his marriage to Josephine, because she made them feel unsophisticated and because of this they signed an old fashioned version of the prenuptial agreement by both on March 8, 1796, the day before their wedding.

Jean-Christophe Chataignier, of auctioneers Osenat, who would arrange bidding for the document, said that it was a contract which was full of "anecdotes."

The marriage lasted less than a decade and was annulled by the Pope when Josephine failed to give Napoleon children.

The contract would be auctioned in Paris on September 21th, 2014 and has been expected to fetch up to 80,000 pounds.