Carlo Maria Buonaparte or Charles-Marie Bonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and diplomat, best known as the father of Napoleon Bonaparte and grandfather of Napoleon III.
10 Facts About Carlo Buonaparte
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Carlo Buonaparte was born in 1746 in Ajaccio, Corsica, at the time part of the Republic of Genoa; he already had a sister Maria Gertrude, born in 1741, and a brother Sebastiano, born in 1743.
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Carlo Buonaparte studied to be a lawyer at Pisa University.
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Carlo Buonaparte had a son, Napoleone, who died in infancy in 1765, as did a daughter.
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Carlo Buonaparte was noted for an impassioned speech against the French "invasion".
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Carlo Buonaparte and his family, now boasting newborn Giuseppe, who was the first child to survive infancy, were included.
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The family eventually returned to the town, where Carlo Buonaparte's wife gave birth to a third son, Napoleone.
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Carlo Buonaparte made many claims on land and money through legal means, but his success was limited, and he burned through his finances rapidly.
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Carlo Buonaparte travelled to Montpellier to seek proper medical care.
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Carlo Buonaparte's youngest son was born only three months before he died.