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Jan 31, 2021 · Joseph Bonaparte fled Europe and wound up in Bordentown after Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Point Breeze included exquisite sculpture gardens, coach trails, brick...
Mar 23, 2021 · Attributed to American painter Charles Lawrence, Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, New Jersey, circa 1817–20 Public domain via Art Institute of Chicago. The...
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Apr 5, 2023 · Scenic grounds in Bordentown that belonged to Joseph Bonaparte—Napoleon’s older brother and the ex-king of Naples and Spain—are set to open this spring.
- Escape and Exile
- The Point Breeze Estate
- The Black River, New York Estate
A few weeks after Napoleon’s 1815 defeat at Waterloo by British forces, Joseph Bonaparte escaped under the alias Monsieur Surviglieri onboard an American brigantine. Fortunately for Bonaparte, although English inspectors boarded the ship, they did not find him. It is likely that if Bonaparte had stayed in France, the restored Bourbon monarchy under...
Bonaparte acquired his Point Breeze estate in July 1816 from Long Islandresident Stephen Sayre, who had been High Sheriff of London and had even served as Benjamin Franklin’s secretary. Sayer had acquired this estate in 1783, which had been owned several generations back by Joseph Borden (1687-1765), the founder of Bordentown. By 1835, Joseph Bonap...
Although the Point Breeze estate was Bonaparte’s main estate where he spent most of his time while in the United States, this was not his first land acquisition in the country. Bonaparte first bought James Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont’s estate in New York’s Jefferson County in 1815. He made this purchase through James Carret, who had grown up in New...
Point Breeze was an estate in Bordentown, New Jersey. It was the home of Joseph Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, from 1816 to 1839.
Oct 20, 2022 · The Bordentown Historical society is gaining international attention for its Joseph Bonaparte exhibit, former King of Spain and brother of Napoleon.
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Feb 25, 2022 · After his older brother’s defeat at Waterloo and the collapse of his own government in Spain, Joseph Bonaparte fled in disguise to the United States.
