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The BOnapartc FainiIy--Thc Linz
of LsIFeeSslofa.

may adopt the legitimate children and desren.
,lants In the male line of the brothers Of tho
Emperor Napoleon the Fist. Under bese
S il be, ONES inter- sting to in
oui as to tie living male members of the
Bonapartes, who may hereafter be entitled 10
The throne Of France. Ire right Of adop,ion
being estrd in Ions Napoleon we cannot
of course say which Of lis relatives lie NAV
chooseto adopt or exclude from the right Of
succession; but the entire list Of SURVIVING
male Bonapartes although not cry numerous
is more so than that oil tie Bourbons
Joseph Bonap1rie, the elder brother Of Ma.
pol4on, had no son, bat two daughters. one of
whom married her cousin, Charles Lucien
Prince Of Canine
The surviving sons Of Lucen, second broth.
er Of Napoleon, are:
|. Charles Lucien, Prince of Canino, bora,
May 81, 1903. He was President of the
Constituent Assembly Of the Roman Republic
in 1919. For a number of years he resided
in this country, and is the author of a great
work on orthodoxy. In 1922 he married hi.
cousin Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Bona
partc) by whom he has eight children-threc
sons and five daughters The family reside in
Italy.
2. Louis Lucien, sou Of iueien and brol.
cr Of the Prince OF Gamma was bonn Jan4,1S.
ID
L. Pierre Napoleon another son Of Lucien
born September Il, 1915. He was a member
OF the Late National Assembly OF the French
Republic
The sons Of Charles Lucien, Prince of Ca.
nuc, 2rc.--
l. Joseph Lucien, born Fe'uary 1921
2 Imcirn Louis bern Nov, mber 1928.
3. Napoleon Gre :, orie, born FEBRUARY. IS.
49,
Ofthe family Of Louis, the third brother Of
Napoleon the new emperor. Louis Napoleon,
is tie only survivor. Jerome the only saryiy.
ing brother Of Napoleon L. and late President
Of the French Senate, is now sixty eight wears
taee. He was born November l., l1s4-
While an officer in the French Nay} aud o0a
visit 10 the United States in d, cenb +, 1903
be Was married to Elizabeth Patterson, daugh.
ter Of IA wealthy merchant of Baltimore This
marriage Was anued Ly dee &c of G En-.
peror Napoleon IN April, 1905 Their son BY
his marriage Jerome Napoleon Bonapare
was bonn in England in 1905 and now r.
SIDES IN Baltimore. H inherited large cs.
tate from lis grandfather, Patterson, and mar.
RED Baltimore lady hy whom he has two
sons,ohe Of whom Napoleon jerome, lately
graduated at West point, is now IA lieutenant
IN the United States Army. These American
DonaPartos, father and son, are gentlemen Of
modest depoftment ard void of ambition on
account OF their .famiIy prerensons but it would
not he surprising future events should cali
TIE young lieutenant to the other side Of Tie
Atlantic to take his share in the rising fortunes
OF the family.
Since her div orce was proclaimed by the i'm,
penal government of France, aud subsequent
y obtained by her fron the Legislature Of
Ma yiand, Mr.. Jerom, Napoleon Boaaparg's
moher-E elizabeth Pa tie. son--has Gud an.
unmarried lie residing with her Fri, nds in Ma
ryIahd, III the enjoyment ofupulence and the
society OF rchued and intellectual circle
jerome, the elder, aferthe divorce married
'9c daughter OF the King OF Wurtemburg, by
WNem he had tao 'nsanl one daughter. Oi
ne io,lner' one survives, namely, Napoleon
J13@SePh' BON at Trieste, September 9, l622.-
re was m mbcr Of The late National Assem-.
'y OF the French republic
lhe n ale hclrs to the throne of France. af
ter laonls Napoleon, il appears, therefore. from
the foregoing, are: |. Charles Lucicn. Prince
ct Canine, agad 10 years 2 Louis Lucen,
brother aged 40 years. 3. Pierre Napoleon,
doa aged 81 Years. 4. Joseph Lucien, son Of
Charles hucien, agel 2S years. 5. Lucien
Louis de- aged p Years. G. Napoleon Gregg.
'l'' DO, aged 10 years. 7. Napoleon Jo,eph,
son OF Jerome, aged 80 years
The terms m which he proposed mo1ifca.
I Il, OF tie a.. constitution submitted to the
senate dltter N no e-senri, particular the
arrangements that had already iran>prrd.-
Louis Napol' on is to be Emperor Of the
french under the title Napoleon III, hut
nothing Is said Of the other app endages Hh:rh
caommenre OFT added 10 this imperial designa
tlon. The succession Of the ,rown is fixed IN
lhe NAL line Of his descendants maintaining
the si'Ict exclusion Of all female branches; and
'} 'ne alafe OF hls oW issue, he may adopt
me children an Descendants of any of the
D, brothers Of the Emperor Napo'e n. Should
mere he n direct hir, and no adopted ore
Tue imperial dignity passes to Jerome Bona
Pafte ami hls desec dams hy his n ariage
with Ca,harlne of Wurtemburg, and in the
'mprob1ble event Of a failure oil all these pro,