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House of Bonaparte
- NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
- Caroline BonaparteCarolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte entered the world on the 25th of March 1782 in Ajaccio, Corsica. She was the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo…
- Napoleon IIICharles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Paris on the night of 19 to the 20th of April 1808. His father Louis ruled Holland from 1806 until 1810.
- Julie ClaryMarie Julie Clary entered the world on the 26th of December 1771 in Marseille, France. Her father François Clary operated a wealthy silk manufacturing…
- Louis BonaparteLouis Bonaparte entered the world on the 2nd of September 1778 in Ajaccio, Corsica. This island had been conquered by France less than a decade before his…
- Abdications of BayonneOn the 27th of October 1807, an unsuccessful attempt by the Prince of Asturias to end Manuel Godoy's government revealed deep instability within Spain.
- Jérôme BonaparteJérôme Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica on the 15th of November 1784. He was the eighth and last surviving child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia…
- Joseph BonaparteGiuseppe di Buonaparte entered the world on the 7th of January 1768 in Corte, the capital of the Corsican Republic. His parents were Carlo Buonaparte and…
- Joséphine de BeauharnaisMarie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie entered the world on the 23rd of June 1763, though historians still argue over whether she arrived in Les…
- Letizia BonaparteMaria-Letizia Ramolino entered the world on the 24th of August 1750 in Ajaccio, Corsica. At that moment, the island belonged to the Republic of Genoa rather…
- Elisa BonaparteÉlisa Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica on the 3rd of January 1777. She received the name Maria Anna at her christening before adopting the nickname…
- Pauline BonapartePaula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese entered the world on the 20th of October 1780 in Ajaccio, Corsica. She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and…
- Stéphanie de BeauharnaisStéphanie Louise Adrienne de Beauharnais entered the world on the 28th of August 1789 at Versailles. This date marked the beginning of a violent upheaval…
- Napoleon IINapoleon II entered the world on the 20th of March 1811 inside the Tuileries Palace in Paris. His father was Emperor Napoleon I and his mother was Empress…
- Carlo BuonaparteGuglielmo di Buonaparte served on Florence's Ghibelline-controlled municipal council during the 13th century. When the rival Guelphs faction seized power…
- House of BonaparteGianfaldo Buonaparte appeared as the first known member of the family in Sarzana around 1200. His descendant Giovanni Buonaparte married Isabella Calandrini…
- Maison BonaparteGiuseppe Buonaparte moved into the Casa Buonaparte in 1682. The house stood on Rue Saint-Charles in Ajaccio, Corsica. Originally, different families shared…
- Lucien BonaparteLucien Bonaparte entered the world in Ajaccio, Corsica, on the 21st of May 1775. He was the third surviving son of Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.