.. was the only sister to hold real political power. When the Bonaparte family moved to Marseille when Napoleon became Emperor, Elisa met Felice, a former Captain in the Royal Corse before the French Revolution.
Napoleon thought Felice, who later called himself Levoy, was a very bad captain, but made him Chef de Bataillon of Ajaccio any way.
Elisa and Felice were married the same day her sister Pauline (“Paulette”) married Leclerc.
(Portraits: Elisa in about 1805 and again with the famous “Cameo Tiara” in about 1808)