Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-10-07
The molher OF Napoleon L.

Carlo Bonaparte and Detitia Ramo-
lini were his parents. They had loved
and been betrothed when she was only
fourteen years of age but their fam
lies were active political antagonists,
and the marriage was deferred for
about two years, when the Paoli party,
to which Carlo belonged, became abso-
lutte masters of Corsica, and active
strife ceased. They were welded in
l776 by the Archbishop, aud received
the blessing of her parents at the nup-
tials.
Count Marbnuf, the conqueror, was
made Governor of Corsica. and Carlo
Bonapate and his family were highest
on his list of personal fliends. Ten
years after that conquest the COrsican
mobiles sent Carlo to Paris as their
representative in the popular branch
of the Imperial Government of Franc. /.
Leaving Letitia in charge of their
growing family he took Joseph and
Napoleon with him.
They crossed the sea to Leghorn and
and journeyed TO Florence, where Carlo
received from the Grand Duke, Leo
pold, letter TO his sister, Marie Anto-
inette, the Queen OF France. She
| made Carlo II welcome guest ut Yer
| sailes, when Napoleon, then ten years
DID,, first looked upon that gOr seous
| palace of which he was afterward the
master. Carlo lett Joseph i'll u school
at antun, And through theintiuenee OF
| Governor MarbHuf he was allowed to
| place Napoleon in the military acade-
| my at Brienne, where the afterward
eminent PItcheSrue was one of his in
| struCtors.
Six years later heavy weight OF
misfortune fell upon Letitia. Carlo
was attacked by the disease which ter
| minated the lille of his most illustrious
son ut st. Helena thirty-siX years after.
| ward. He went alone to Montpelier
| in France, for advice and remedies
and there he died, 1855, under the hos.
| pitable roof of girlhOod companion
of Letitia, the mother of the celebra
ted Marshal Junot.
When Carlo died, Letitia was not
thirty-iiVe years of age, and had beeI
the mother of thirteen children. Five
sons and three daughters were yet liy
ing--a race of monarchs who occupied
thrones and lost them during ones o
the most wonderful historical drama,
enacted in the space of ten years, th'
world has ever known. She saw then
rise ami fall while her tresses were ye
dark, and the beauty of her youth ye
bloumed on her checks ands PARKED il
her eyes. Her sons We're Guiseppa, o.
Joseph, who was made King of Ma
4 IS, III 1906, and of Spain in 1908
Napoleon, who made himself Empe
ror of the French and disposer o
thrones in 1905; Luciano, or Lucen
who alone refused a crown, but accep
tod priucipality, with its title, from
the Pope in lS0S; Luigi, or Louis
made King of Holland in 1906, aud re
fused the crown of Spain in 1909 an,
GirOlania or jerome, who was mad
King of Westphalia in 1907, whel
that province was erected into a king
dom. The dauhteIs were Maria Ann
Eliza, created sovereign of Tusca
p ny, with the title Of Grand Duchess
in lSOS; Carlotta, afterward Mari
Pauline, who, as wife of Prince Boz
ghese, became the most illustrious ItaI
IAN priccss OF her time and Carolin
Marie Annunciando, the wife OF Mul
al, who became Queen of Naples 1906
; The young widow of Ajacclo had n
reason to dream, in widest fancy, {
the splendOrs that awaited herselt an
and family. The latter We're mostl
little children jerome, the younges
ana iniant Ill her arms. She was LEI
with scanty means for their suppol
/, und education. 70 these she devote
all her energies with marvellous succes
. Strength, we have observed, was tn
, prominent feature in her characte
| and this was displayed in the hour {
need. Napoleon once said, She ha
p the head OF a man on the shoulders {
a woman. Losses, privations, fatigue
! had no effect upon her; she endure
all, braved ALL" These came AT tim'
, thick and fast. Joseph, ever kind an
, good, helped his mother with all Ia
might us he grew toward manhood
p while Napoleon, rather dull studcl
in outward expressions, was preparing
in the military shool at Paris, for thu
wonderful career which enabled hin
10y impartial decree, TO make Sove
eigns of his brothers and sisters, al
= To confer upon his mother, at the ai
: of fifty yeaIs, the lofty tide Of Madam
D Mere, equivalent TO that of Empre
+ Mother, with an income of two hul
Il died thousand dollars IA year.