Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II
| Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte II | |
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| Born | November 5, 1830 Baltimore, Maryland, US |
| Died | September 3, 1893 Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, US |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/ |
French Army |
| Years of service |
United States Army-(1852–1854) French Army-(1854–1871) |
| Rank |
 Second Lieutenant (US)Lieutenant Colonel (France) |
| Unit | Regiment of Mounted Riflemen 3rd US Cavalry 7th (French) Dragoons 1st African Chasseurs 1st Carabiniers 3rd Cuirassiers Dragoons of the Empress |
| Battles/wars |
French conquest of Algeria Crimean War Second Italian War of Independence Franco-Prussian War |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Le Roy Le Roy-Bonaparte |
Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte II (1830 - September 3, 1893) was a French soldier who served in the French Army. He was the son of Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams.
He was born on November 5, 1830 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams. Also he was the grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and the grandnephew of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
Bonaparte entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1848 and graduated 11th in the Class of 1852. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served in Texas with the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen.
Bonaparte resigned from the U.S. Army in August 1854 to serve in the army of his first cousin-once-removed, Napoleon III of France, and a few weeks later was commissioned as a lieutenant of dragoons in the French Army. He fought in the Crimean War, Algeria, the Italian campaign, and the Franco-Prussian War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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