Princess Clémentine of Belgium
Princess Clémentine of Belgium, was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1910, she became Princess Napoléon and de jure Empress consort of the French as the wife of Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte, Bonapartist pretender to the Imperial throne of France.
Princess Clementine, ca. 1895.
Princess Clémentine of Belgium, ca. 1880.
Queen Marie Henriette (standing to the right) with her three daughters in 1889. From left to right: Louise, Clémentine and Stéphanie.
Prince Baudouin of Belgium, 1889. Photography by Jean Günther.
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