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Jérôme Bonaparte

Jérôme I
King Jerome Bonaparte.jpg
Portrait of Jérôme I by François Gérard
King of Westphalia
Reign 8 July 1807 – 26 October 1813
Prince of Montfort
Tenure July 1816 – 24 June 1860
Born 15 November 1784
Ajaccio, Corsica
Died 24 June 1860(1860-06-24) (aged 75)
Villegenis, France
Spouse Elizabeth Patterson
Catharina of Württemberg
Giustina Pecori-Suárez
Issue

Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte-Patterson
Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte
Mathilde Bonaparte, Princesse de San Donato
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte

Illegitimate:
Karl Philipp Heinrich Bach
Full name
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte
House Bonaparte
Father Carlo Buonaparte
Mother Letizia Ramolino
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Full name
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte
King of Westphalia
Grandes Armes Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860) 2.svg
Royal Coat of arms
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Jérôme I
Details
Style His Majesty
First monarch Jérôme I
Last monarch Jérôme I
Formation 8 July 1807
Abolition 26 October 1813
Appointer Hereditary
Pretender(s) Charles, Prince Napoléon
Monarchical styles of
Jérôme I of Westphalia
Grandes Armes Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860) 2.svg
Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Sire

Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte-Patterson
Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte
Mathilde Bonaparte, Princesse de San Donato
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte

Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813. From 1816 onward, he bore the title of Prince of Montfort. After 1848, when his nephew, Louis Napoleon, became President of the French Second Republic, he served in several official roles, including Marshal of France from 1850 onward, and President of the Senate in 1852.

Jérôme was born in Ajaccio, Corsica the eighth and last surviving child, fifth surviving son, of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. He was a younger brother of his siblings: Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte and Caroline Bonaparte.


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