House of Bonaparte
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The House of Bonaparte is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of French Corsican origin. It was founded in 1804 by Napoleon I, the son of French Corsican nobleman Carlo Buonaparte and noblewo
"The Four Napoleons", 1858 propaganda image depicting Napoleon I, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, and Louis-Napoléon
Napoleon II - Napoleon I's only legitimate child
Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Napoleon I's unacknowledged son
Jérôme Bonaparte, founder of the surviving legitimate Bonapartist line of succession
Napoleon
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Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.
House of Bonaparte
…The House of Bonaparte (originally Buonaparte) is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of French Corsican origin. It was founded in 1804 by Napoleon I, the son of French Corsican nobleman Carlo Buonaparte and noblewoman Letizia Buonaparte (née Ramolino). Napoleon was a French military leader who rose…
Napoleon's father, Carlo Buonaparte, fought for Corsican independence under Pasquale Paoli. After their defeat, he eventually became the island's representative to Louis XVI's court.
Bonaparte, aged 23, as lieutenant-colonel of a battalion of Corsican Republican volunteers. Portrait made in 1835 by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.
Bonaparte at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, by Édouard Detaille