Divisional-General Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the husband of Pauline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon. In
Portrait by François Kinson, 1804
French sailors drowning Black prisoners under Leclerc's orders
Statue of Leclerc in Pontoise
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Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese, better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. S
Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772)
…French pronunciation: ; 17 March 1772 – 2 November 1802) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the husband of Pauline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon. In 1801, Leclerc was appointed commander of the Saint-Domingue expedition with the goal of restoring French rule and…
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Portrait of Pauline by François-Joseph Kinson, 1808
Venus Victrix, by Antonio Canova, depicting Princess Borghese as a deity, created 1804-1808. It was commissioned by her husband.