Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte Murat Macdonald, better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France.
15 Facts About Caroline Bonaparte
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In 1800, Caroline married Joachim Murat, Marshal of the Empire, Prince Murat and later King of Naples, one of Napoleon's most important and notorious generals.
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Caroline Bonaparte was a younger sister of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, and Pauline Bonaparte.
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Highly regarded for her beauty and intelligence, Caroline Bonaparte was complex in temperament, ambitious and politically savvy.
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In 1793, Caroline Bonaparte moved with her family to France during the French Revolution.
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Caroline Bonaparte was educated as a pupil at the school in St-Germain-en-Laye founded by Madame Jeanne Campan.
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Caroline Bonaparte attended the school at the same time as Hortense, Josephine's daughter and Caroline's brother Louis' wife.
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Caroline Bonaparte fell in love with the flamboyant and charismatic Joachim Murat, one of her brother's senior cavalry commanders, and they married on 20 January 1800.
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Caroline Bonaparte became Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves on 15 March 1806 and Queen consort of Naples on 1 August 1808, when her husband was appointed to the equivalent positions by her brother.
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Caroline Bonaparte was described as intensely jealous of her sister-in-law Josephine and her children, reportedly because she felt Napoleon favored them over his Bonaparte relatives.
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In 1810, when Napoleon married his second Empress Consort Marie Louise of Austria, Caroline Bonaparte was responsible for escorting her to France.
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Caroline Bonaparte devoted herself to the interests of her husband Joachim Murat, the King of Naples, where she was very much involved in the affairs of the Kingdom.
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Joachim was defeated and executed, and Caroline Bonaparte fled to the Austrian Empire.
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Caroline Bonaparte lived in Florence until her death in 1839.
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Caroline Bonaparte died in 1839 and was buried at the Chiesa di Ognissanti, in Florence.