Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte
Prince Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, usually called Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte or Jérôme Bonaparte, was the second son of Jérôme, King of Westphalia, youngest brother of Napoleon I, and his second wife Catharina of Württemberg. Following the death of his nephew Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial in 1879, he claimed headship of the House of Bonaparte until his death in 1891. An outspoken liberal however, he was passed over as heir in his cousin's final will, instead choosing his elder son Victor, who was favored by most Bonapartists. From the 1880s he was one of the stronger supporters of General Georges Boulanger, together with other monarchist forces.
Portrait by Flandrin, 1860 (Musée d'Orsay)
Prince Napoléon-Jérôme with his two sons by his second marriage
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I, King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813.
Portrait by François Gérard, 1811
Early 19th century enamel with a portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and Queen Catharina
Bonaparte photographed in the 1850s by Disdéri