Jerome Bonaparte was the only one of Napoleon's siblings who lived long enough to see the Bonaparte restoration.
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26 Facts About Jerome Bonaparte
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Jerome Bonaparte studied at the Catholic College of Juilly and Lay College at the Irish College in Paris, and then joined the French Navy in January 1800.
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On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1803, nineteen-year-old Jerome Bonaparte married Elizabeth Patterson, who herself was only eighteen.
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At the time, Jerome Bonaparte was on his way to Europe with Elizabeth, who was then pregnant.
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Jerome Bonaparte submitted to the Emperor's demands and ended his marriage; in return, he was made an admiral in the French navy, a general in the army, King of Westphalia, and an imperial prince, and Napoleon arranged marriage for him to a princess.
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Jerome Bonaparte received not one penny from Jerome to help her support their son; her ex-husband excluded her and their son from his will.
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Jerome Bonaparte was married, as arranged by Napoleon before he was divorced with Elizabeth, to Princess Catharina of Wurttemberg, the daughter of Frederick I, King of Wurttemberg.
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Jerome Bonaparte had it designed by Leo von Klenze and constructed next to the summer residence, previously known as "Wilhelmshohe", which was changed to "Napoleonshohe".
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Jerome Bonaparte's careless spending continued and stripped the treasury of its funds, putting the new kingdom into debt.
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Jerome Bonaparte's court incurred expenses comparable to Napoleon's court, and Napoleon refused to support Jerome financially.
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In 1812, Jerome Bonaparte was given command of a corps in the Grande Armee, marching towards Minsk.
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In pique at Napoleon's order, Jerome Bonaparte returned with his entire court and train to Westphalia.
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Jerome Bonaparte briefly re-entered the army in 1813, when his kingdom was being threatened from the east by the advancing allied Prussian and Russian armies.
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Jerome Bonaparte then fled to join his wife, the former queen, in France.
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At Waterloo, Jerome Bonaparte's division was to make an initial attack on Hougoumont.
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Whatever the intent, Jerome Bonaparte was allowed to enlarge the assault such that his division became completely engaged attempting to take Hougoumont to the exclusion of any other possible deployment, without significantly weakening Wellington's centre.
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Later, Jerome Bonaparte moved to Italy, where he married his third wife, Giustina Pecori-Suarez.
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Jerome Bonaparte was the widow of an Italian Marquess, Luigi Bartolini-Baldelli and his mistress during his second marriage.
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When Louis Napoleon became emperor as Napoleon III, Jerome Bonaparte was recognized as the heir presumptive to the re-established imperial throne until the birth of Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial.
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Jerome Bonaparte was named a Marshal of France in 1850, served as President of the Senate in 1852, and received the title of "Prince Francais".
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Jerome Bonaparte eventually resigned his commission and joined the forces of his cousin, the Emperor Napoleon III in his second French Empire.
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Adrift in an open boat, they are picked up by Captain Hornblower's ship; Jerome Bonaparte poses as a harmless Swiss citizen, but Hornblower identifies him.
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