.. she did not participate in politics, was loyal to her uncle even after his fall, but was a huge French gossip. The French loved her for it.
She married a Roman prince in 1815, thus the Gabrielli title. He was part of an ancient Catholic family. She retained the title as “Dowager Princess” after his death, and was an avid book collector and patron of literary and intellectual societies and individuals.
Intellectuals met at her husband’s villa constantly 1820-1840, and it was part of the “Grand Tour” stops.
Charlotte “Carlotta” remarried when Napoleon III took over government and restored her title as French Princess again.
(Portrait: Carlotta in the early 1820’s; showing the transitional style into early Victorian)