Learn how your comment data is processed. [34], Tiring of life with Joseph, Pauline went about acquiring Hôtel Charost from the duchess to whom it belonged. There it is. Thing we were unhappiest to learn: Even apart from the yellow fever that killed her husband, Bonaparte and her family were plagued by health problems. Du Cayla said: ‘[S]he has as much grace as beauty and is a perfect nymph in size and figure.’ Caroline replied, ‘A nymph, but not quite a vestal?’  ‘Good heaven! We’ll look at the My Way killings next week. However, celebrations were dampened by the advent of yellow fever season. Pauline, anxious to learn how to behave in Roman society, received tutorship in deportment and dancing. [33] She inherited 700,000 francs in liquid capital and assets from Leclerc. Disillusioned by literature, she has many misconceptions of Haiti and until she herself died, from cancer, at the age of 44, on June 9th of 1825 in Florence, Italy. Pauline Bonaparte (20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825) was the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla in Italy, an imperial French princess and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. [11] Laure de Permond—the future Duchesse d'Abrantès—and her mother welcomed Pauline into their salon at the rue Saint-Croix. He has no children, but in 2019 married Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, descendent of the last king and queen of Bavaria, so there may be another would-be emperor in the family one of these days. A few years later, Leclerc was assigned to Saint-Domingue (now Haiti, more on that later) and his wife accompanied him, but despite both of them catching yellow fever, Pauline managed to find time for “numerous lovers, including several of her husband’s soldiers.” However, when Leclerc died from the disease soon after, she wrote to her brother, “Pity poor Pauline, who is truly unhappy.”. In 1801 Pauline Bonaparte was literally She was the only Bonaparte sibling to visit Napoleon in exile on his principality, Elba. Today the house is still the home of the British ambassador. It's a quick read, it just took me so long to finish because I kept being distracted by other, b. I see no reason why this woman merited a book all about her. 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[44] She died on 9 June 1825 at the age of forty-four at the Palazzo Borghese, the cause of death being given as 'tumor on the stomach'[45] but it may have been pulmonary tuberculosis. [46], Pauline appears as the protagonist of the Chinese anime-influenced strategy videogame Banner of the Maid, as a professional soldier who plays a decisive role in the French Revolution. [35] Napoleon did not wish her to remain unmarried for long; he tried—but failed—to betroth her to the Duke of Lodi and Vice-President of the Napoleonic Republic of Italy, Francesco Melzi d'Eril. I am in awe of your extraordinary depth of research and your ability to create such a complete picture of each individual you write about, you really bring history alive, thank you! Her mother objected to the match, so Napoleon arranged a marriage with one of his generals, Charles Leclerc, who he then named commander-in-chief of the Italian branch of the French army. The author states "it seems almost inevitable, given their strong sex drives…, their mutual affection, their clannish affinity, that they should have experimented sexually together." It was interesting to learn about the Bonaparte family (a part of history I am sadly lacking much education in) but in the end, Bonaparte is, well, I'd say the Paris Hilton of her generation but, as much as it pains me to say this, I think Paris Hilton has accomplish. [12] Napoleon seized power in Coup of Brumaire in November 1799: deposing the Directory, he pronounced himself First Consul. It’s hard to do them justice in a short article. The House of Bonaparte (originally Buonaparte) is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of Italian origin. 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In 1824, she prevailed upon the Pope to help her reconcile with Borghese, who had been living in Florence with a mistress. Love your husband and his family, be amiable, accustom yourself to the usages of Rome, and put this in your head, that if you follow bad advice you will no longer be able to count upon me. February 24th 2009 Where as, I was hoping to learn more about Pauline and I learned more about where she was traveling or what she was buying while Napoleon's wars were given more detail then her. On July 11, 1821, she wrote to British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool: The disease to which [Napoleon] is a victim is fatal at St. Helena, and it is in the name of all the members of the Emperor’s family that I demand of the English Government a change of climate for him. A good overview of Pauline Bonaparte's life. I own a miniature painting 12×16 cm of Pauline signed by Lefèvre. She had the building and gardens extensively renovated. Marie Antionette had a few redeeming qualities, an innocent girlhood at least. She didn't seem to do anything noteworthy to warrant having a book written about her. It was there on the mainland that she became known as "Paulette". new surroundings and climate to be much more agreeable than she had expected, Your painting sounds exquisite. "[27], Leclerc attempted to convince Pauline to return to Paris in August. He had two children, Marie-Clotilde, who married a French count and had 10 children; and Louis, also known as Napoleon VI, who lived until 1997, dying at the age of 83. She disliked both Josephine and Napoleon’s second wife, Marie Louise. [40] Pauline's initial amity toward Camillo soon morphed into dislike. [26] She did, however, find time to take numerous lovers, including several of her husband's soldiers, and developed a reputation for "Bacchanalian promiscuity.