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Carlo Maria Buonaparte (the 27th of March 1746 - the 24th of February 1785) was a Corsican attorney, nobleman, and official best known as the father of Napoleon Bonaparte and grandfather of Napoleon III. Despite dying in poverty at age thirty-eight, his eight surviving children included an emperor, two kings, a grand duchess, a queen, and a sovereign princess.
Carlo Buonaparte was born on the 27th of March 1746 in Ajaccio, Corsica, which was then part of the Republic of Genoa. His family was of Tuscan origin, tracing their ancestry back to a Guglielmo di Buonaparte who served on Florence's municipal council in the 13th century.
Carlo Buonaparte married Maria Letizia Ramolino on the 2nd of June 1764. Letizia was fourteen years old at the time, and the marriage was arranged by their families. She brought a dowry of thirty-one acres of land, including a mill and a bakery, yielding an annual income of roughly ten thousand pounds.
Carlo Buonaparte initially supported Corsican independence, serving as secretary and personal assistant to Pasquale Paoli and fighting against Genoese rule. After France annexed Corsica, he switched allegiance and accumulated French administrative posts, eventually becoming Corsica's representative to the Court of Louis XVI at Versailles in 1778.
Carlo Buonaparte died on the 24th of February 1785 from what was believed to be stomach cancer, the same disease that may later have killed his son Napoleon. He died leaving his wife and eight surviving children penniless, due to his risky business enterprises and fondness for gambling.
Carlo and Letizia Buonaparte had thirteen children between 1765 and 1784; five died, two at birth and three in infancy. Of the eight who survived, the most notable were Napoleon, who became Emperor of the French, Joseph, who became King of Naples and Spain, Louis, who became King of Holland, and Jérôme, who became King of Westphalia.