Jean-Christophe, Prince Napolean

Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoleon (Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Alberic Napoleon; born 11 July 1986) is, in the views of some Bonapartists, head of the former Imperial House of France and the heir of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Family Background

Prince Jean-Christophe was born in Saint-Raphael, Var, France. He is the son of Prince Charles Napoleon and his first wife Princess Beatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Castro, a claimant to headship of the former Royal House of the Two Sicilies. His parents divorced on 2 May 1989,two months before Jean-Christophe's 3rd birthday.

Jean-Christophe is the great-great-great-great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I (who has no legitimate direct descendants) through the emperor's youngest brother, Jerome, King of Westphalia. Through his mother, he is a descendant of King Louis XIV of France and through his great-grandmother, Princess Clementine of Belgium, he descends from William IV, Prince of Orange, Charles III of Spain, Frederick Willaim I of Prussia, George II of Great Britian and Louis Philippe I, King of the French, who was the last king to rule France, while his great-great-grandmother was Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, the heir of the Emperor Napoleon III, France's most recent monarch.

Prince Napoleon

Jean-Christophe's grandfather, Louis, Prince Napoleon, died in 1997 and stipulated in his will that he wished his 11-year-old grandson Jean-Christophe to succeed him as Head of the Imperial House of France rather than boy's father, Charles, who had embraced republican principles and decided to remarry without his father's consent. Despite the dynastic dispute, Jean-Christophe's father has stated that "there will never be conflict" between him and his son over the imperial succession.

Education and Career

Jean-Christophe studied at Lycee Saint Dominique in Neuilly-sur-Seine from 2001 to 2004,, obtaining a baccalaureat with honours in the sciences and mathematics. From 2004 to 2006, he studied economics and mathematics at the Institute Prive de Preparation aux Etudes Superieures (IPESUP) in Paris. Jean-Christophe matriculated at the HEC School of Management in Paris, graduating in 2011 with an MSc in management.

He completed an MBA at Harvard Business School in May 2017. Since then, he has worked equity associate in the London office of the Blackstone Group.

He has lived and worked in New York City as an investment baking analyst for Morgan Stanley and in London as a private equity associate for Advent International. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish. He represents his dynasty's heritage at public events and ceremonies in France and elsewhere in Europe.

Personal Life

On October 17 2019, he contracted civil marriage with Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg at Neuilly-sur-Seine. On October 19 2019, the couple was married religiously by Roman Catholic bishop Antoine de Romanet at the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris. The wedding ball took place at the Palace of Fontainebleau.

Titles and Honours

11 July 1986-3 May 1997: His Imperial Highness Prince Jean-Christophe Napoleon

3 May 1997-present: His Imperial Highness Jean-Christophe, Prince Imperial (Prince Napolean), Prince Montfort, of Lucca and Piombino, and of Canino and Musignano, Prince of Elba, Prince Royal of Holland and of Westphalia, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Duke of Reichstadt.

Foreign Honours

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Deputy President Bailiff Knight Grand Cross with Collar of Justice of the Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George

Awards

United Kingdom: Freeman of the City of London

House: Bonaparte

Religion: Roman Catholic

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