Christine Boyer
Catherine Christine Eléonore Boyer (3 July 1771 – 14 May 1800) was a member of the Bonaparte family as the first wife of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon. Life. Born in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, Boyer was the daughter of Pierre André Boyer and Rosalie Fabre. Other explain that she was the sister of an innkeeper with whom Lucien had lodged in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. Christine was illiterate, and unable to sign her own name. Bonaparte and Boyer married on 4 May 1794. The couple were married hastily, and without the consent of  the Bonaparte family. Lucien's brother Napoleon and their mother, Letizia, were displeased with the match. Issue. The couple had four children, of whom two daughters had descendants. Death. Boyer died in Paris, in childbirth. She was buried in the Santi Apostoli Giovanni e Andrea cemetery in Canino, Lazio, Italy.