Marie Clotilde Eugénie Alberte Laetitia Geneviève Bonaparte (20 March 1912,

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14 April 1996, Château de la Pommerie, Cendrieux,

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) was a French princess of the Bonaparte dynasty, the eldest child of

Victor, Prince Napoléon Victor, Prince Napoléon, titular 3rd Prince of Montfort (''Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte''; 18 July 1862 – 3 May 1926), was the Bonapartist pretender to the French throne from 1879 until his death in 1926. He was known as Nap ...

and his wife,

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Birth

Marie Clotilde Bonaparte was born on 20 March 1912, in

. When she was born, her parents were already 50 and 40 years old, respectively, as they had not been allowed to marry each other as long as Clémentine's father, King

Leopold II of Belgium * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

, had been alive (he died in 1909). One of her aunts was

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, once a Crown Princess of

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Marriage

On 17 October 1938, in

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, she married Count Serge de Witt (30 December 1891 – 21 July 1990, Cendrieux,

), with whom she had ten children: * Marie Eugénie de Witt (b. 29 August 1939), married, firstly, Count Peter Cheremetieff on 9 November 1961, no issue, divorced in 1975. Married, secondly, Count Hélie de Pourtalès (grandson of

Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Sagan Marie Pierre Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (August 23, 1859 – October 25, 1937), 5th Duke of Talleyrand and Dino, Prince, then Duke of Sagan, was a French socialite A socialite is a person from a wealthy and (possibly) aristocratic b ...

, and his wife, Anna Gould) on 24 October 1975, no issue. * Hélène de Witt (b. 22 November 1941, Sousse,

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), married Henri du Lau d'Allemans, Marquis du Lau d'Allemans (b. 17 Mar 1927 in

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) on 17 October 1959, in Paris, and had three children: **Jean du Lau d'Allemans (b. 18 December 1960, Perigeux). Married firstly, Joy Gould-Ford on 18 December 1988 at Fort Worth, but divorced in 1990. Married secondly, Isabel Santo Tomas on 16 December 2000. They have two children: ***Serge (b. 25 July 2001,

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) ***Armand (b. 26 December 2005) **Alexandre du Lau d'Allemans (b. 19 May 1962, Perigeux). Married Cristel Schulte (b. 1963) on 29 July 1989 at Aillas-le-Vieux. They have three children: ***Clementine ***Stanislas ***Sebastien * Napoléon Serge de Witt (2 November 1942 – 6 November 1942), died young. * Yolande de Witt (9 November 1943 – 6 July 1945), died young. * Vera de Witt (b. 7 November 1945 in Monastir,

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) married Godefroi de Commarque, Marquis de Commarque (b. 18 December 1938 in Urval,

, on 11 April 1966, in

and had two children. Her younger son was married to Cecilie, daughter of Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. * Baudoin de Witt (b. 24 January 1947) married Isabelle de Rocca-Serra (b. 8 January 1950 in

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) on 24 August 1968, in Cendrieux, and had three children (Alexandra de Witt adame de Montaudoüin Jean-Emmanuel de Witt and Laëtitia de Witt ountess de Villelume. * Isabelle de Witt (b. 26 January 1949) married Remmest Laan (b. 29 July 1942), on 25 June 1970, in Vienna, and had three sons. * Jean Jerome de Witt (b. 12 April 1950) married firstly Véronique de Dryver (b. 26 December 1950) on 21 October 1970, in

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, Belgium, had three children (Alexandre de Witt, Marie-Clothilde de Witt and Iliona de Witt), and divorced before August 1992. Married secondly Viviane Jutheau (b. 1947) on 31 August 1992, no issue. * Wladimir de Witt (b. 27 January 1952) married, firstly, Marguerite Mautner von Markhof (b. 15 March 1954) on 30 April 1976, and had three children (Elena de Witt 'Baroness'' von Gravenreuth Victor de Witt and Ségolène de Witt) before divorcing in 1993. Married, secondly, Françoise Martin-Flory (b. 28 May 1959) on 20 November 1993, in Paris, and had three children (Hortense de Witt adame Barry de Longchamps Dimitri de Witt and Igor de Witt). * Anne de Witt (b. 28 September 1953 in Bergerac) married Henry Robert de Rancher (1949–1995) on 7 June 1975, in Cendrieux, and had two sons.

Titles

*20 March 1912 14 April 1996: Her Imperial Highness Princess Marie Clotilde Bonaparte

Ancestry

References

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