Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-30
From late London Paper,
THE BONAPAhTE FAMILY.

The position of present, and the pros
pect Of future events; lend striking in
terest to all that pertains to the Bonapartes,
and it may be worth while here to devote
a few lines TO them and their relationships.
1t IS, Of course, known to every one,
that Napoleon Bonaparte was the second
son Of Charles Marie Bonaparte, that he
married, FIRST Josephine, BY whom he had
no Issue; second, Marie Louise, Of Aus
tria, whose only child fthe Due de Reich
stadt) died in 1882, at Vienna--when the
right line Of the Imperial family became
extinct. Napoleon had foht brothers-
Joseph, his elder, Lucien, Louis, and Je-
rome; and three sisters, Eliza, Pauline,
and Caroline.
Joseph, King of Spain, left two datigh-
ters--Zenaide and Charlotte-but no sons:
Lucien, Prince Of Canine, had no less
than eleven children-five sons and six
daughters Of whom their are still living,
Charles Napoleon, Prince OF Canine; who
married his cousin Zenaide, daughter and
heiress of Joseph, by whom he has ten
children-Louis Lucien, Pierre Napoleon,
Antoine, Charlotte (married to Prince Ga
brie4,) Christine married to Lord Dud-
ley Stuart,l Letitia married to Mr.
Thomas Wyse,) Alexandrine (married to
count Valentine, Constance, now nun,
and Jeanne, (married to the Marquis
Honorati.)
Louis, King Of Holland, who married
Queen Hortense, the daughter Of jose
phine by her first husband, had three sons
Napoleon, Napoleon Louis, and Louis
Napoleon, the only survivor; and now
President of the French Republic.
Jerome, King Of Wesphalia, had two
sons, Jerome Napoleon, and Napoleon, and
one daughter, Mathilde, now Princess
Demidoif. ..y
OF the sisters of Napoleon, Eliza mar.
ried Prince Felix Bacchiech, and left one
daughter (now married to Count Gamer.
alta J Pauline left no children; Caroline
married Murat, King Of Naples, and be.
came the mother Of the present Lucier
Charles Murat, Of Letitia, married t.
Count Pepoli, and Of Louise, married t
Count Rasponi. -
This is the entire Bonaparte family
or the brothers and sisters Of the Empe
ror, only Jerome now remains. Of tn
second generation, his nephews and nieces
there are fourteen; and Of the third gen
Grafton, there is still more considerable
number. ........
AS will be seen in the foregoing pro
gramme, Louis Napoleon is not the heat
Of his family, by order of nature. B,
right Of primogeniture, all the descendant
of Lucien would take precedence Of tn
! heirs of Louis but, as it is well known
Luclen was in disgrace when his impe
rious brother had the order Of successio
, to the empire fixed, and he and his de
scendants were excluded. How far thi
law, founded on within, is binding in sue
a new state of things as the present, is
Question which the paftzans of The famil
are beginning to ask themselves. Loui
Napoleon is the only remaining male mem
Der Of the families entitled by the laws. o
the empire, Is Floreal an xii. and Fri
marie, an xiii. to the succession. TIL
Prince Of Canine, the real head of tn
hoiise, has DECLARED his intention Of re
turning to France and entering the Cham
Der. The other princes ofthe family, VIII
are at present prominently before the pub
lie, are, Pierre, brother to Canine Napo
leon, son Of Jerome, late ambassador L
Madrid, and L,lcien Murat. ~... f..