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Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte

Princess Charlotte
Jacques-Louis David - The Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte - Google Art Project.jpg
Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte in 1821,
by Jacques-Louis David
Born (1802-10-31)31 October 1802
Paris, France
Died 2 March 1839(1839-03-02) (aged 36)
Sarzana, Kingdom of Sardinia
Burial Basilica of Santa Croce,
Florence, Italy
Spouse Napoleon Louis Bonaparte
Full name
Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte
House Bonaparte
Father Joseph Bonaparte
Mother Julie Clary
Full name
Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte

Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte (31 October 1802 – 2 March 1839) was the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Emperor Napoleon I, and Julie Clary. Her mother was the sister of Désirée Clary, Napoleon's first love. Charlotte married her first cousin Napoleon Louis, the second son of Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais. She studied engraving and lithography in Paris with the artist Louis Léopold Robert, who is reputed to have fallen in love with her.

After her father was deposed in 1813 he moved to America and purchased "Point Breeze", an estate on the Delaware River near Bordentown, New Jersey. His palatial house was filled with paintings and sculpture by such luminaries as Jacques-Louis David, Antonio Canova, Peter Paul Rubens, and Titian (Tiziano Vecelli). The surrounding park of 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) included landscaped gardens. Joseph Bonaparte played host to many of the national’s wealthiest and most cultivated citizens, and his art collection played a crucial role in transmitting high European taste to America.

Charlotte, known as the Countess de Survilliers, lived with her father in New Jersey from December 1821 to August 1824. While there she sketched numerous landscapes including Passaic Falls, her father's "Point Breeze" estate, the town of Lebanon, New Jersey, and others, some of which were engraved for the book "Picturesque American Scenes" by Joubert. Extant landscape drawings by her include Passaic Falls, a view near Tuckerton, New Jersey, and Schooley's Mountain. She also painted portraits (Cora Monges, 1822; Emilie Lacoste, 1823) and exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.


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