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Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; 21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), was a French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 and as the president of the Council of Five Hundred in 1799.
Jun 25, 2024 · Lucien Bonaparte (born May 21, 1775, Ajaccio, Corsica—died June 29, 1840, Viterbo, Italy) was Napoleon I’s second surviving brother who, as president of the Council of Five Hundred at Saint-Cloud, was responsible for Napoleon’s election as consul on 19 Brumaire (Nov. 10, 1799).
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Lucien Bonaparte was Napoleon’s most articulate brother, and the only one unwilling to subordinate himself to Napoleon. Politically ambitious, he played an indispensable role in Napoleon’s rise to power.
Lucien Bonaparte was born on 21 May 1775 in Ajaccio and was the third son of Charles Buonaparte. He was destined for the infantry, and followed in the footsteps of his elder brothers by attending the military schools at Autun and Brienne, but the death of his father led him to pursue a holy career.
Il est prince romain de Canino, prince français en 1815, puis prince (romain) de Musignano en 1824 et prince (romain) Bonaparte en 1837. Il a douze enfants de son second mariage, dont Charles-Lucien Bonaparte ( 1803 – 1857 ), Louis-Lucien Bonaparte ( 1813 – 1891) et Pierre Bonaparte ( 1815 – 1881 ).
J.M. Thompson profiles Napoleon's revolutionary younger brother, who often clashed with the French leader. An anecdotist of the first empire records that one evening in 1811, at the end of a family dinner-party, Napoleon placed himself with his back to the fire, put his hands behind him, and declared,
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Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano, was a French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 and as the president of the Council of Five Hundred in 1799.
