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Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813.
Apr 18, 2024 · Jérôme Bonaparte (born November 15, 1784, Ajaccio, Corsica—died June 24, 1860, Villegenis, France) was Napoleon I’s youngest brother, who became king of Westphalia and marshal of France. It was through Jérôme that the Bonaparte line extended into the United States; his eldest son, Jerome, grew up in Maryland with his American mother.
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- Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860) Jérôme Bonaparte. Jérôme, the youngest sibling of Napoleon, became the first Bonaparte to step foot in America, in 1803, the same year his brother nearly doubled the size of the United States by authorizing the Louisiana Purchase.
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) Joseph Bonaparte. Napoleon’s eldest sibling, Joseph, went incognito following his brother’s downfall and escaped to the United States in the summer of 1815.
- Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840) Lucien Bonaparte. As with Jérôme, Napoleon strongly disapproved of his younger sibling Lucien’s choice of a bride. But unlike Jérôme, Lucien stuck with his wife, preferring to live with her in self-imposed exile than become a monarch like his brothers.
- Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846) Louis Bonaparte. Like his brother Lucien, Louis went to Italy post-Waterloo and never visited the United States. Louis’ son, Louis-Napoleon, on the other hand, found himself there unintentionally.
Flanked by a secretary of state and four ministers, Jerome was to apply the policy of his older brother, who also appointed three regents to keep an eye on him. Carefree, Jerome took to living extremely pleasurably (and expensively), much to Napoleon's exasperation.
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813.
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May 25, 2011 · Jerome-Napoleon Patterson Bonaparte, great-grandnephew of Napoleon I, was walking his dog in Central Park in 1943, when he tripped over the leash, cracked his skull open on the ground and died.
Jerome Bonaparte: King of Westphalia The exploits of his youngest brother frequently disturbed Napoleon; but, writes Owen Connolly, of all the brother-kings, Jerome was the most useful to him, the most soldierly and the most loyal.
