Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, 1st Principe di Canino and 1st Principe di Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; (May 21, 1775 – June 29, 1840) was the third surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino. Canino is a town and Comune of Italy, in the Province of Viterbo (northern Lazio) in the internal part of Maremma. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Carlo Maria Buonaparte (March 29/27 1746 &ndash February 24, 1785) was a Corsican lawyer and politician who briefly served as a personal assistant of the Nobile Maria Letizia Bonaparte née Ramolino ( Marie-Lætitia Ramolino Madame Mère de l'Empereur) ( 24 August, 1750
Lucien was a younger brother of Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte, and an older brother of Elisa, Louis, Pauline, Caroline and Jérôme Bonaparte. Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain (during a time) and the Indies (never de facto and never de iure Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Maria Anna (Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Princesse Française Duchess of Lucca and Princess of Piombino, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Comtesse de Early life Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica. Marie Paulette (Pauline Bonaparte Princesse Française Princess and Duchess of Guastalla ( October 20, 1780 - June 9, 1825) was the Maria Annunziata Carolina (Marie Annonciade Caroline Murat ( Née Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 &ndash 18 May 1839) better Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte French Prince King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort ( November 15, 1784 &ndash June 24, 1860 Lucien held genuinely revolutionary views, which led to an often abrasive relationship with his brother Napoleon, who seized control of the French government in 1799, when Lucien was 24.
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Revolutionary activities
Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, and educated in mainland France, Lucien returned to Corsica at the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and became an outspoken speaker in the Jacobin Club at Ajaccio, where he renamed himself "Brutus". Ajaccio ( Adiacium Ajaccio; Aiacciu; Aiaccio) is a commune in France. Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Jacobin Club was the largest and most powerful political club of the French Revolution. An ally of Maximilien Robespierre during the Reign of Terror, he was briefly imprisoned (at Aix-en-Provence) after the coup of 9 Thermidor. Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (maksimiljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁi izidɔʁ də ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ ( 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) Saint justjpg|thumbnail|200px| Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just]] The Reign of Terror' (5 September 1793 &ndash 28 July 1794 or simply The Terror (la Terreur was Aix (ɛks or Aix-en-Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Ais de Provença in classical norm or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm to distinguish The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror.
As president of the Council of Five Hundred — which he removed to the suburban security of Saint-Cloud — Lucien Bonaparte's combination of bravado and disinformation was crucial to the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire (date based on the French Revolutionary Calendar) in which General Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory to replace it by the Consulate. The Council of Five Hundred ( Conseil des Cinq-Cents) or simply the Five Hundred was the Lower house of the legislature of France Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. 18 Brumaire, the coup of 18 Brumaire or sometimes simply Brumaire refers to the Coup d'état by which General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew The French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a Calendar proposed during the French Revolution, and used by the French government The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Lucien mounted a horse and galvanized the grenadiers by pointing a sword at his brother and swearing to run him through if he ever betrayed the principles of Liberté, égalité, fraternité. A grenadier (derived from the word Grenade) was originally a specialized soldier first established as a distinct role in the mid to late 17th century for the throwing of grenades Liberté égalité fraternité, French for " Liberty, equality, fraternity ( Brotherhood)" is the motto The following day Lucien arranged for Napoleon's formal election as First Consul. First Consul (Premier Consul was a title used by Napoleon Bonaparte following his seizure of power in France.
Napoleon made him Minister of the Interior under the Consulate, which enabled Lucien to falsify the results of the plebiscite but which brought him into competition with Joseph Fouché the chief of police, who showed Napoleon a subversive pamphlet that was probably written by Lucien, and effected a breach between the brothers. This page is a list of French interior ministers. Ministers of the Interior 1790-present See also List of Prime Ministers A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d' Otrante ( May 21, 1759 Le Pellerin, near Nantes, France - December 25, Lucien was sent as ambassador to the court of Charles IV of Spain, (November, 1800), where his diplomatic talents won over the Bourbon royal family and, perhaps as importantly, the minister Manuel de Godoy. Charles IV ( November 11, 1748 - January 20, 1819) was King of Spain from December 14, 1788 until his abdication Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Don Manuel Francisco Domingo de Godoy (di Bassano y Alvarez de Faria de los Ríos y Sánchez-Zarzosa, also Manuel de Godoy y Alvarez de Faria de los Ríos Sánchez Zarzosa
Though he was a member of the Tribunat in 1802 and was made a senator of the First French Empire, Lucien came to oppose many of Napoleon's imperial ideas, particularly the marriage of convenience planned for him. Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Byzantine Greek form τριβούνος) was a title shared by 2–3 elected magistracies in the Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or In 1804, spurning imperial honors, he went into self-imposed exile, living initially in Rome, where he bought the Villa Rufinella in Frascati. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Villa Rufinella, also called Villa Tuscolana, is a Villa in Frascati, Italy. Frascati is a town and commune in the Province of Rome in the Latium region of central Italy. On August 18, 1814 he was made Prince of Canino by Pope Pius VII and Prince of Musignano on March 21, 1824 by Pope Leo XII. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Princes of Canino and Musignano formed the genealogically senior line of the Bonaparte family following the death of Joseph Bonaparte in 1846 founded by one of Pope Pius VII, OSB (August 14 1740&mdashAugust 20 1823 born Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was Pope from March 14 1800 to August Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Pope Leo XII ( August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829) born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga, was
Later years
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In 1809 Napoleon increased pressure on Lucien to divorce his wife and return to France, even having their mother write a letter encouraging him to abandon her and return. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Napoleone Bonaparte was the brother of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and died in infancy Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain (during a time) and the Indies (never de facto and never de iure Maria Anna (Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Princesse Française Duchess of Lucca and Princess of Piombino, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Comtesse de Early life Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica. Marie Paulette (Pauline Bonaparte Princesse Française Princess and Duchess of Guastalla ( October 20, 1780 - June 9, 1825) was the Maria Annunziata Carolina (Marie Annonciade Caroline Murat ( Née Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 &ndash 18 May 1839) better Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte French Prince King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort ( November 15, 1784 &ndash June 24, 1860 Charlotte Bonaparte ( October 31 1802 - March 2 1839) was the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Emperor Charles Lucien (Carlo Jules Laurent Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano ( May 24, 1803 &ndash July 29, 1857) was a French Louis Lucien Bonaparte ( January 4, 1813 &ndash November 3, 1891) was a French Anglophile linguist, and Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte ( 11 October 1815 - 7 April 1881) was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Lucien Bonaparte Napoleon Charles Bonaparte ( October 10, 1802 - May 5, 1807) was the eldest son of Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais Napoleon Louis Bonaparte ( October 11 1804 - March 17, 1831) or' Louis II of Holland', was the middle son of Louis Bonaparte Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte ( July 7, 1805 - June 17, 1870) was a son of Jérôme Bonaparte (brother to Napoleon I) and Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte Prince Français Count of Meudon Count of Moncalieri ad personam (commonly known as Prince Napoléon) ( September 9 Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte Princesse Française ( May 27 1820 – January 2 1904) was a daughter of Napoleon 's brother Joseph Lucien Charles Napoléon Bonaparte 3rd Prince of Canino and Musignano ( 12 February 1824 - 2 September 1865) was born in Philadelphia Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte 4th Prince of Canino and Musignano ( November 15, 1828 - November 19, 1895) was a French cardinal Roland Bonaparte 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano ( May 19, 1858 - April 14, 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société Charles Joseph Bonaparte ( June 9, 1851 &ndash June 28, 1921) was a member of the United States Cabinet and a grandson Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II ( November 5, 1830 - September 3, 1893) was a son of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams Prince Victor Napoléon ( Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte) ( 18 July 1862 - 3 May 1926) was the Bonapartist Princess Marie Bonaparte ( 2 July 1882 - 21 September 1962) was a French psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Napoléon VI Prince Imperial, born as Louis Jérôme Victor Emmanuel Léopold Marie Bonaparte and known as Louis Napoléon, (born 23 January 1914 Napoléon VII Prince Imperial (Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon (born 19 October 1950) is a French politician and claims to be the current head of the Prince Jérôme Xavier Marie Joseph Victor Napoléon (born January 14, 1957) is currently second in the line of Succession for the Prince Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon (born July 11 1986) is a claimant to headship of the House of Bonaparte. Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President This article refers to the son of Napoleon III For the stepson of Napoleon I see Eugène de Beauharnais Biography At the outbreak of the Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year With the whole of the Papal States annexed to the France and the Pope imprisoned, Lucien was a virtual prisoner in his Italian estates, requiring permission of the Military Governor to venture off his property. The Papal States, State(s of the Church or Pontifical States (in Italian Stato Ecclesiastico, Stato della Chiesa, Stati della Chiesa He attempted to sail to the United States to escape his situation but was captured by the British and spent the years 1810 to 1814 under house arrest in Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common As he got off the ship in England, he was greeted with cheers and applause by the crowd, which saw him as anti-Napoleon. The government permitted him to settle comfortably in the English countryside, where he was working on a heroic poem on the subject of Charlemagne. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Napoleon, viewing this as treasonous behaviour, had Lucien omitted from the Imperial almanacs' listing the Bonapartes from 1811 onward. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Napoleon was furious thinking Lucien had deliberately gone to Britain. Lucien returned to France following his brother's abdication in April 1814.
In the Hundred Days after Napoleon's return from exile at Elba, Lucien rallied to the imperial cause. The Hundred Days was the period between Napoleon Bonaparte 's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the restoration Elba (Ilva is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. His brother made him a French Prince and included his children into the Imperial Family, this was however not recognized by the Bourbons after Waterloo and Napoleon's second abdication. In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium Subsequently Lucien was proscribed at the Restoration and deprived of his fauteuil at the Académie française. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. In 1836 he wrote his Mémoires. He died in Viterbo, Italy, on June 29, 1840, of stomach cancer, as did his father, his sister Pauline and - according to the official report - Napoleon as well. Viterbo is an ancient city and Comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the Province of Viterbo. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the Stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs particularly the Esophagus and
Academic activities
Lucien Bonaparte was the inspiration behind the Napoleonic reconstitution of the dispersed Académie française in 1803, where he took a seat. L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a He collected paintings in his maison de campagne at Brienne, was a member of Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier's salon and wrote a novel, La Tribu indienne. The County of Brienne was a medieval County in France centered on Brienne-le-Château. Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier ( December 4, 1777 - May 11, 1849) was a Frenchwoman who was a leader of A salon is a gathering of stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through
Marriages and children
His first wife was his landlord's daughter, Christine Boyer, the illiterate sister of an innkeeper, and by her he had four children, one of whom was stillborn. His second wife was Alexandrine de Bleschamp, widow of Hippolyte Jouberthon, known as "Madame Jouberthon", and by her he had nine children, including:
- Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–1857), the naturalist and ornithologist. Charles Lucien (Carlo Jules Laurent Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano ( May 24, 1803 &ndash July 29, 1857) was a French 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of
- Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813–1891). Louis Lucien Bonaparte ( January 4, 1813 &ndash November 3, 1891) was a French Anglophile linguist, and Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte (1815–1881). Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte ( 11 October 1815 - 7 April 1881) was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Lucien Bonaparte Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
External links
- Académie Francaise: Les Immortels: (in French)
- Lucien Bonaparte
Lucien Bonaparte Born: 21 May 1775 Died: 29 June 1840 | ||
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| Preceded by François-Henri d'Harcourt | Seat 32 Académie française 1803–1816 | Succeeded by Louis-Simon Auger |
| Titles of nobility | ||
| New title | Prince of Canino 1814–1840 | Succeeded by Charles Lucien Bonaparte |
| Prince of Musignano 1824–1840 | ||
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| NAME | Bonaparte, Lucien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | French statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1775-05-21 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ajaccio, Corsica |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1840-06-29 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Viterbo, Italy |
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