St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05

Phi,ndclphia Times.
t he death of the titular Prince In-
perial OF France and The attention na-
turally directed to the Prince who thus
becomes the head of the Napoleonic
succession, will give interest to a SUM-
mary review Of the Bonaparte gene
alogy. Napoleon Bonaparte had four
brothers and three sisters, who may be
named in the order of their birth. y,
follows: :"
1. Joseph, born 1868, died 1874, Hf
was made King of Naples and ofter.
ward King of Spain, and on the fail Of
the empire came to the Unite Il States
under the name of Count de Suyvilliers
and lived for a long time at Bordentovn
Tie married MI le. Clary, bv whom he
had two daughters, 2.enaflc, married
to her, cousin, the Prince of Canine
and who died in 1854, and Charlotte
married to Napoleon Louis, the brother
OF the late LmC'eror. She died in 1889
?: Luclen, Prince of Canine, born III
l77o, died, 1910. He opposed the En-
crown and devoted himself to literary
and archaeological pursuits, for which
reason the Emperor excluded him from
the succession, though he was most
devoted to Napoleon after his fail and
TO the claims of Napoleon II. His first
wife was Christine Boyer, an inn
Keepers daughter, who bore him two
children, Charlotte, who was married to
Prince Mario Gabrielli and aftcrward
to DIR. CentamOri, and died in 1865 ;
and Chrstlne, who was the wife sue
cessively OF the Swedish Count Posse
and of Lord Dudley Contts Stuart, and
died in 1S47. BY his second wife, Marie
de Bleschamp, Lucien had four daugh-
ri fS1 4
HonOratl; Marie to Count Ealentini !;
Constance became Abbess of the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart at Rome, and
Lrtittia was married to Sir Thomas
Wyse. The SONS were:
q. Charles Lucien, Prince of Canine,
born 1903, died 1857. He married his
cousin Zenaide, daughter of Joseph
and joined his father-in law in America,
where he gained a great reputation as Il
naturalist. 1t was he who completed
Wilson's oinithology. Tn later life he
was director Of the Jar;iin des Plantes,
at Paris. He had three sons, Joseph
Lucien, who was born in Philadelphia
in 1924 and died in Rome in 1868; Lucien
Louis, born in Rome in 1928, ordained a
priest in 1853 and made cardinal by
born in 1889. The five daughters Of
Charles Lucien became the wives Of the
Marquis Roccaglovine, Count Primoli
Count Campell0 and Prince Placido
Gabrielle
b. Louis Lucien, born in England in
1913. He has devoted himself to philo-
logy, and is chiefly known by his studies
in English and French dialects.
G. Pierre Napoleon, born in Rome in
1915, a wild lad, who wandered all over
the world and was i'll. quarrels every
where. He served with Santander in
South America fought with policemen
in italy; was tried for murder in Paris;
twice fled for refuge to the United
States, and finally settled down in
London, where his wife opened a nt&-
q. Antoine. born in 1916. Spent bis
early life in Italy. Was a member of
the Assembly from 1919 to 1851, when
he retired from politics. He was one
OF the family who kept alOOf from his
cousin, the Emperor.
3. Marie Anne Elisa, born 1777, died
1920. Married to Bacceochi, Corsican
officer, in 1907. Removed to Paris and
was made Princess of Plomhino and
Iucca and Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Their daughter, NapoleoDe Elisa, born
1906, married Count Camerata, and was
Il prominent person for many years.
She died in 1869, leaving her fortune to
the late Prince Imperial. They had
also two sons, the eldest OF whom, Count
Felice Bacchi0ch, transmitted his title
and estates to his son of the same name,
who was the friend and first chamber
lain of Napoleon III, and died in 1866
4. Louis, born ITS, died 1916. Mar
ried Hortense Reanharnais, J0sephine's
daughter. Made King of Holland in
1906. Though he was continually quar-
reling with the Emperor, the latter, in
his will, gave precedence to his children
over those Of Joseph and Lucien in the
right of succession. There were two
sons:
a. Napoleon Louis, born 1904, died
1881. His father abdicated in his favor
in 1910, and after the overthrow of the
Emperor the father and son lived to-
geter in Florence until the latter's death.
b. Louis Lapoleon, born 1903, died
1878. 1t is well known that the paternity
but as Louis officially acknowledged it, |
the matter need not be discussed here. |
Napoleon III married Eugenie Marie !
de Montijo in 1858, and had by her one
child, Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean
Joseph, who has just been killed in
South Africa.
5. Marie Pauline, born 1880, died 1895.
Married first to Gen. Leclerc, and after
ward to Prince Camille Borghese
Created by the Emperor Duchesse of
Guastalla.
6. Caroline, born 1882, died 1889.
Married in 1900 to Murat, afterward
King of Naples, to whom she bore two
sons and two daughters. Letitia jose
phiEe became Countess Popoli, and
Louise Countess Rasponi. The sons
were:
q. Napoleon Achille, born 1921, died
1S47. Settled in Florida; married a
grandniece Of Washington, and died on
his estate near Tallahassee
b. Napoleon Lucien, born 1903. Came
to the United States and married Miss
Fraser. Returned to France in 1S48;
became Senator; received the title of
Prince of the Imperial. Family in 1858,
and was with Bazaine at the capitula-
tion of Metz. His eldest son, Joseph
Joachim Napoleon, is colonel in the
French army.
Z. Jeromss born 1884, died 1860. Visited
the United States in 1903, where he
married Elizabeth Patterson, of Balti-
more, lately deceased. By her he had
one child:
a. Jerome Napoleon, born in England,
1905, died in Baltimore, 1870. Graduated /
at Harvard, and married Miss Williams, I
Of Roxbury, Mass. His eldest son,
Jerome Napoleon, born in 1882, grad
uated at West Point in 1852; served as
colonel in the French army in the Crimea
and in Italy; married u Boston lady
and is now living at New York. He
has two children. The second son,
Charles Jerome, born 1851, is lawyer {
u Baltimore. O. J
Jerome separated from his wife and |
aecame and admiral i'm the French I
9rvice, and subsequently a general,
fQAff. tho 10. 1o. Il.