Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino and Musignano (Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte; 5 February 1839 – 11 February 1899), was born in

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as the son of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and his wife, Zénaïde Bonaparte.

Life and career

Napoléon Charles served in the

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and saw action during the French intervention in Mexico and the Franco-Prussian War, the latter of which resulted in the downfall of the

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of his cousin, Emperor Napoléon III. He was married in Rome on 25 November 1859, to Maria Cristina Ruspoli (1842–1907), daughter of

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, and they had three daughters: *Princess Zénaïde Eugénie Bonaparte (1860–1862) * Princess Mary Bonaparte (1870–1947); married

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. * Princess Eugénie Bonaparte (1872–1949); married and later divorced Léon Napoléon Ney, 4th prince de La Moskowa. Napoléon Charles succeeded as 5th

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on 19 November 1895, following the death of his brother

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. His cousin,

Prince Roland Bonaparte Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death. He was the last male-lineage descendant of Lucien Bonaparte ...

, succeeded him as the 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano but did not assume the title.

Ancestry

References

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