Jerome Bonaparte was the youngest of the Bonaparte family…

First to Jerome, the youngest brother of Napoleon 1st.  He was known as Jerome I, King of Westphalia (1807-1813), and then became Prince of Manafort in 1816.

When Jerome’s nephew Louis Napoleon became President of the 2nd French Republic in 1818, he became a key advisor to the government.

His first wife was Elizabeth “Betsy” Patterson.  His 2nd wife was Catherine of Wurttemberg.

(Portraits: below Jerome; featured left “Betsy” in early Egyptian influenced Regency gown, and right Catherine in her later Spanish influenced Regency gown)