Girolamo Buonaparte (1784 - 1860)

Born 15 Nov 1784 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Patterson) Bonaparte — married 24 Dec 1803 (to 1815) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Husband of Catharina (VonWurttemberg) Bonaparte — married 22 Aug 1807 in Royal Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1860 at age 75 in Chateau de Vilgénis, Massy, Essonne, France

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Biography

King Jérôme-Napoléon Buonaparte was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, AKA Hieronymus Napoleon, King of Westphalia (1807-1813) and the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte's youngest brother, was born "Girolamo Buonaparte" in Ajaccio, Corsica, France on 15 November 1784.

He was a lieutenant in the French Navy in 1803, fighting in the Caribbean. To avoid capture by the British he was forced to land in the United States. He arrived in New York, and then went to Baltimore to meet an American whom he befriended in the French Navy. There he met Elizabeth Patterson, daughter of William, Irish immigrant, gun-runner during the Revolution and by then the wealthiest man in Maryland after Charles Carroll of Carrollton. They met at a party, fell in love, and within 2 months got married. The marriage took place on Christmas Eve 1803 in the Baltimore Cathedral, with the archbishop of Baltimore performing the ceremony.

Sources

See Also:

• Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Bonaparte

Acknowledgments

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