Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino explained

Napoléon Charles Bonaparte
Prince of Canino and Musignano
Full Name:Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte
Birth Date:5 February 1839
Birth Place:Rome, Papal States (now Italy)
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Burial Place:Imperial Chapel, Ajaccio, France
House:Bonaparte
Spouse:Maria Cristina Ruspoli
Issue:Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte
Princess Mary, Mrs. Enrico Gotti
Eugénie, Princess de La Moskowa
Father:Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Mother:Zénaïde Bonaparte

Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino and Musignano (Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte; 5 February 1839 – 11 February 1899), was born in Rome as the son of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and his wife, Zénaïde Bonaparte.

Life and career

Napoléon Charles served in the French Army and saw action during the French intervention in Mexico and the Franco-Prussian War, the latter of which resulted in the downfall of the Second French Empire of his cousin, Emperor Napoléon III.

He was married in Rome on 25 November 1859, to Maria Cristina Ruspoli (1842–1907), daughter of Giovanni Nepomucene Ruspoli, 5th Prince of Cerveteri, and they had three daughters:

Napoléon Charles succeeded as 5th Prince of Canino and Musignano on 19 November 1895, following the death of his brother Lucien. His cousin, Prince Roland Bonaparte, succeeded him as the 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano but did not assume the title.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía. Vol. XII. (2009) . RAMHG . 147, 237 . es.