Augusta Bonaparte Gabrielli
| Princess Augusta | |||||
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| Princess of Canino and Musignano (1836-1856), Princess Gabrielli (1856-1900) | |||||
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| Born |
9 November 1836 Rome, Papal States |
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| Died | 29 March 1900 (aged 63) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Burial | Chiesa della Strammetta (Santa Maria extra moenia), Prossedi | ||||
| Spouse | Placido Gabrielli (February 1st, 1856) | ||||
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| House | Bonaparte | ||||
| Father | Charles Lucien Bonaparte | ||||
| Mother | Zénaïde Bonaparte | ||||
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| Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte |
Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte (9 November 1836 – 29 March 1900) was a French-Italian Napoleonic princess.
Augusta was born at Villa Bonaparte in Rome, the daughter of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 2nd prince of Canino and Musignano, and Zénaïde Bonaparte, who had been Infanta of Spain as the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte.
She was privately educated. In 1855, on the occasion of her engagement to her cousin Placido Gabrielli, prince of Prossedi, her father, the famed ornithologist, named the emerald dove of the Nicobar Islands in her honour. The Chalcophaps indica augusta (Bonaparte, 1855) is also known as Princess Gabrielli's dove. A few months later, on February 1, 1856, Augusta and Placido (himself the son of princess Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli) celebrated their marriage in the Chapelle Impériale of the Palais des Tuileries in Paris. Napoleon III and empress Eugénie attended the ceremony.
Placido and Augusta were included in the Famille civile of the emperor and in the civil list, receiving a yearly allowance of 6,250 francs from the French Government. They resided in Paris at 142, Rue de Grenelle and frequently attended events hosted by the Imperial family. Augusta was particularly attached to the Prince Impérial and upon his death in 1879 received several of his personal belongings from empress Eugénie.
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