Zénaïde Bonaparte
| Princess Zénaïde | |||||
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| Princess of Canino and Musignano | |||||
 Zénaïde Bonaparte (in front) and her sister Charlotte, commissioned during the winter of 1821, by David. | |||||
| Born |
8 July 1801 Paris, France | ||||
| Died |
8 August 1854 (aged 53) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| Burial | Santa Maria in Via Lata | ||||
| Spouse | Charles Lucien Bonaparte | ||||
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| House | Bonaparte | ||||
| Father | Joseph Bonaparte | ||||
| Mother | Julie Clary | ||||
Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano (8 July 1801 – 8 August 1854) was the elder daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary, and the wife of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was also her cousin. She joined her father in Bordentown, New Jersey in exile for several years.
Titles
- Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte, Infanta of Spain
- Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte, Infanta of Spain, Princess of Canino and Musignano
Biography
On 29 June 1822, in Brussels, she married her cousin, her uncle Lucien's son, Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Her father Joseph had suggested the marriage to his wife when Zénaïde was only five; the idea was to carry on the Napoleonic succession (a return to power was always anticipated) by marrying his two daughters to sons of two of his brothers.[1] The wedding was met with surprisingly little fanfare, perhaps because Zénaïde's mother was outraged at the excessive sum of the dowry (730,000 francs, which was unreasonable considering that Lucien's villa in Rome had cost only 150,000), which had strained her resources.[1]
Charles was an ornithologist (who named the Zenaida doves after her). They had twelve children, listed below.
| Name | Date of birth | Date of death |
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| Joseph Lucien Charles Napoléon Bonaparte, 3rd Prince of Canino and Musignano | 13 February 1824 | 2 September 1865 (aged 41) |
| Alexandrine Gertrude Zénaïde Bonaparte | 9 June 1826 | 1 May 1828 (aged 1) |
| Lucien Louis Joseph Napoléon Bonaparte, 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano | 15 November 1828 | 19 November 1895 (aged 67) |
| Julie Charlotte Bonaparte | 5 June 1830 | 28 October 1900 (aged 70) |
| Charlotte Honorine Joséphine Pauline Bonaparte | 4 March 1832 | 1 October 1901 (aged 69) |
| Léonie Stéphanie Elise Bonaparte | 18 September 1833 | 14 September 1839 (aged 5) |
| Marie Désirée Eugénie Joséphine Philomène Bonaparte | 18 March 1835 | 28 August 1890 (aged 55) |
| Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte (married the son of Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli) | 9 November 1836 | 29 March 1900 (aged 63) |
| Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino and Musignano | 5 February 1839 | 11 February 1899 (aged 60) |
| Bathilde Aloïse Léonie Bonaparte | 26 November 1840 | 9 June 1861 (aged 20) |
| Albertine Marie Thérèse Bonaparte | 12 March 1842 | 3 June 1842 (aged 0) |
| Charles Albert Bonaparte | 22 March 1843 | 6 December 1847 (aged 4) |
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References
Bibliography
- Stroud, Patricia Tyson. The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and His World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8122-3546-0.
External links
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