Lucien Bonaparte (cardinal)
Lucien Louis Joseph Napoléon Bonaparte, 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano, was a French cardinal and member of the House of Bonaparte.
Cardinal Bonaparte in 1860
Lucien Cardinal Bonaparte
Berlin of Cardinal Luciano Luigi Bonaparte Assembled in Rome by Gaetano Peroni, supplier to the Papal Stables, using parts of French craftsmanship, this elegant Berlin belonged to Cardinal Luciano Luigi Bonaparte, who had received it as a gift from his cousin Napoleon III on 13 March 1868, on the occasion of his appointment as cardinal.
The House of Bonaparte is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of Italian origin. It was founded in 1804 by Napoleon I, the son of Corsican nobleman Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Buonaparte. Napoleon was a French military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and who, in 1804, transformed the French First Republic into the First French Empire, five years after his coup d'état of November 1799. Napoleon and the Grande Armée had to fight against every major European power and dominated continental Europe through a series of military victories during the Napoleonic Wars. He installed members of his family on the thrones of client states, expanding the power of the dynasty.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801), by Jacques-Louis David
"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
