… as the middle children of the Bonaparte family, they played together. Elisa and Lucien’s 1st wife, Christine Boyer were good friends. They held receptions and plays, and Elisa and Lucien co-owned a literary salon in Ajaccio.
When Christine died in 1800, Elisa too over the care of Christine’s 2 daughters.
In thanks, Lucien helped Elisa’s husband to the position of French Ambassador to Spain in 1804.
(Portrait: Left to right: Napoleon’s sisters Caroline, Elise, Pauline. and then step-daughter Hortense in formal Regency court wear)