Joseph Cardinal Fesch, Prince of the Empire was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the wake of his nephew, he became Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal. He was also one of the most famous art collectors of his period, remembered for having established the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio, which remains one of the most important Napoleonic collections of art.
Cardinal Fesch by Charles Meynier, 1806
Cardinal Joseph Fesch.
Palais Fesch, Ajaccio, now houses the Musée Fesch
Maria-Letizia Bonaparte, known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman and the mother of Napoleon I of France. She received the title "Madame Mère" due to her status as the Emperor's mother.
Letizia Bonaparte (Madame Mère) by Robert Lefèvre c.1813
Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino
Portrait of Letizia Bonaparte by François Gérard, c. 1802
Portrait of Maria Letizia Bonaparte by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1811.