.. back to Napoleon 1st’s little brother Jerome… history (and we) forgot he married Elizabeth “Betsy” Patterson in 1803! She was the daughter of the richest man in Baltimore at the time; the closest Americans had to “nobility” or “upper class”. He was a French naval officer stationed in the …
.. 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 …
.. almost married Napoleon 1st in 1809. She was his niece. The problem was her step-mother and father had begun an insurrection against Napoleon, and fled to the United States. Napoleon still liked her though, and when he was restored to the throne, he gave her the title of French …
.. the warblers he discovered and charted for history. Charles is the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte I.
.. Charles was the 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano, inheriting the titles from his father who had gotten them from Napoleon 1st. Charles was a biologist and ornithologist. He discovered 2 rare species of birds – the mustached warbler and the storm-petrel in Italy, before traveling to the United …
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte (mother Alexandrine) was born in Rome. At age 15 he joined the anti-Napoleonic insurrectory bands. Forced to flee to the United States along with his extended family, he joined his uncle Joseph there for a short time before traveling to Colombia to stay with family. He was …
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, 3rd son of Lucien was noteworthy as a scientist. He was with the family at the time they tried to escape to America and was captured by the British. The British housed them in Worcester, England, but eventually he ended up in Italy when his father took …
..in the Catholic church. The next generations would follow much different paths from those of the military and political lives of their older relatives. Christine Boyer and Lucien had 4 children; Alexandrine and Lucien had 9. (portrait: the late Regency style as featured by Alexandrine de Bleschamp during her support …
… They had 9 children, many of whom died in infancy or as children. Known as “Madame Jouberton” because she had been married previously, she had one daughter by that previous marriage. Together with his sister, they re-established the “Academie Francaise” for the intellectual arts. (portraits: Alexandrine de Bleschamps, Lucien’s …
… his sister took care of the young children for him, freeing him from the responsibilities of children. Together with his sister, they supported archaelogy, science, and the arts in Italy. He found the bust of Juno at one dig. He remarried Alexandrine de Bleschamp, making a key political tie. …
