Joseph I | |||||
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Portrait by Joseph Flaugier, c. 1809
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King of Spain and the Indies | |||||
Reign | 6 June 1808 – 11 December 1813 | ||||
Predecessor | Ferdinand VII | ||||
Successor | Ferdinand VII | ||||
King of Naples and Sicily | |||||
Reign | 30 March 1806 – 6 June 1808 | ||||
Predecessor | Ferdinand IV | ||||
Successor | Joachim I | ||||
Born | 7 January 1768 Corte, Corsica |
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Died | 28 July 1844 Florence, Tuscany |
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Spouse | Julie Clary | ||||
Issue |
Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte |
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House | Bonaparte | ||||
Father | Carlo Buonaparte | ||||
Mother | Letizia Ramolino | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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French: Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte Italian: Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte Spanish: José-Napoleón Bonaparte |
Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe Buonaparte; 7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844) was a French diplomat and nobleman, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808), and later King of Spain (1808–1813, as José I). After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers.
Joseph was born in 1768 to Carlo Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino at Corte, the capital of the Corsican Republic. In the year of his birth, Corsica was invaded by France and conquered the following year. His father was originally a follower of the Corsican Patriot leader, Pasquale Paoli, but later became a supporter of French rule.
As a lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Joseph served in the Cinq-Cents and was the French ambassador to Rome. On 30 September 1800, as Minister Plenipotentiary, he signed a treaty of friendship and commerce between France and the United States at Morfontaine, alongside Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, and Pierre Louis Roederer.
He married Marie Julie Clary daughter of François Clary on 1 August 1794 in Cuges-les-Pins, France. They had three daughters:
He claimed the two surviving daughters as his heirs. He also sired two children with Maria Giulia, the Countess of Atri: