Joseph Fesch
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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's rise, he became Archbishop of Lyon and
1806 portrait of Fesch by Charles Meynier
Cardinal Joseph Fesch.
Palais Fesch, Ajaccio, now houses the Musée Fesch
The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise by Georges Rouget, 1810
Letizia Bonaparte
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Maria-Letizia Bonaparte, commonly known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman and the matriarch of the House of Bonaparte, as the mother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. Due to her stat
Joseph Fesch
…of the Empire (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte (half-brother of Napoleon's mother Laetitia). In the wake of his nephew's rise, he became Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal. He was also one of the most famous art collectors of his period, remembered…
Letizia Bonaparte (Madame Mère) by Robert Lefèvre, c. 1813
Marriage record of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte
Letizia Bonaparte, seated in a Parisian apartment with a bust of Napoleon as First Consul, by François Gérard, 1802–1803
Portrait of Letizia Bonaparte by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1811