jrme bonaparte

Jrme Bonaparte (November 15, 1784 - June 24, 1860) was the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon I of France. He was born Roland Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica. He served with the French navy before going to the United States where he married Elizabeth Patterson (1785-1879), daughter of a Baltimore merchant. Napoleon annulled their marriage but a son, Jrme Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England. Made King of Westphalia, the short-lived realm created by Napoleon from the states of northwestern Germany (1807-1813), with its capital in Kassel, Jrme married the second time to Catharina of Wrttemberg, with whom he had a another son, Napolon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, (1822-1891) also known as "Prince Napoleon" or "Plon-Plon". Their second child, a daughter, the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, was prominent during and after the Second French Empire as a hostess. After his own kingdom was dissolved, he was granted the title of Prince of Montfort by the King of Wrttemberg. After Emperor Napoleon's exile, Jrme moved to Italy where he married Giustina Pecori-Surez, the widow of an Italian nobleman. When his nephew, Prince Louis Napoleon, became President of France in 1848, Jrme was made governor of Les Invalides, Paris, the burial place of his famous elder brother Napoleon I of France. He later became marshal of France and president of the Senate in his nephew's regime, and was confirmed in the title of prince franais. Jrme Bonaparte died on June 24, 1860 at Villegenis, France (today Massy in Essonne). He is buried in Les Invalides, Paris.

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