Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram explained

Napoléon Alexandre Berthier
Succession:2nd Prince of Wagram
Tenure:1 June 1815 - 10 February 1887
Predecessor:Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Successor:Alexandre Berthier
Birth Date:11 September 1810
Birth Place:Paris
Death Date:10 February 1887
Death Place:Paris
Noble Family:Berthier
Spouse:Zénaïde Françoise Clary
Issue:Malcy Louise Caroline Frédérique Berthier, Princess of Wagram
Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram
Elisabeth Alexandrine Maria Berthier, Princess of Wagram
Father:Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram
Mother:Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

Napoléon Alexandre Louis Joseph Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram (11 September 1810, Paris10 February 1887, Paris) was a French politician and nobleman. He was the son of Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram, and Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (and by his mother, grandnephew of King Maximilian I of Bavaria).

Marriage and family

On 29 June 1831, he married Zénaïde Françoise Clary (25 November 1812, Paris – 27 April 1884, Paris). She was the daughter of Nicolas Joseph Clary and Malcy Anne Jeanne Rougier. She was also the niece of Désirée Clary, former fiancée to Napoleon Bonaparte and the wife of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - King Charles XIV of Sweden.

They had three children:


The 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th Prince of Wagram are buried at the Château de Grosbois.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Max Reyne: Les 26 Maréchaux de Napoléon: Soldats de la Révolution, gloires de l'Empire, 1990