Elisa Bonaparte

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Elisa Bonaparte

Maria Anna (Marie Anne) Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, Princesse Française, Duchess of Lucca
Lucca

Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca....
and Princess of Piombino
Piombino

Piombino is a town and commune in the province of Livorno , Italy, on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma....
, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
, Comtesse de Compignano (January 13 1777 – August 7 1820) was the fourth surviving child and eldest surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte

Carlo Buonaparte

Nobile Carlo Maria Bonaparte was a Corsican lawyer and politician who briefly served as a personal assistant of the revolutionary leader Pasquale Paoli and eventually rose to become Corsica's representative to the court of Louis XVI of France....
and Letizia Ramolino

Letizia Ramolino

File:Robert Lef?vre 001.jpgNobile Maria Letizia Bonaparte Married and maiden names Ramolino was the mother of Napoleon I of France....
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a was born in Ajaccio

Ajaccio

Ajaccio , is a Communes of France in France. It is the Capital of the region of Corsica and the Prefectures in France of the Departments of France of Corse-du-Sud....
, Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is the Mediterranean islands#By area in the Mediterranean Sea . It is located west of Italy, southeast of the France mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
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Carlo Buonaparte

Letizia Ramolino

File:Robert Lef?vre 001.jpgNobile Maria Letizia Bonaparte Married and maiden names Ramolino was the mother of Napoleon I of France....
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Biography

Elisa was born in Ajaccio

Ajaccio

Ajaccio , is a Communes of France in France. It is the Capital of the region of Corsica and the Prefectures in France of the Departments of France of Corse-du-Sud....
, Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is the Mediterranean islands#By area in the Mediterranean Sea . It is located west of Italy, southeast of the France mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
. She was a younger sister of Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napol?on Bonaparte, King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, King of Spain and the Spanish West Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and King of Sicily and later King of Spain....
, Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
and Lucien Bonaparte

Lucien Bonaparte

Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Fran?ais, 1st Principe di Canino and 1st Principe di Prince of Canino and Musignano Lucien was a younger brother of Joseph Bonaparte and Napoleon I of France, and an older brother of Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte, Caroline Bonaparte and J?r?me Bonaparte....
. She was an older sister of Louis Bonaparte

Louis Bonaparte

Louis Napol?on Bonaparte, Prince Fran?ais, King of Holland, Comte de Saint-Leu-la-For?t was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino....
, Pauline Bonaparte

Pauline Bonaparte

Marie Paulette Bonaparte, Princesse Fran?aise, Princess and Duchess of Guastalla was the younger and favourite sister of Napoleon I of France....
, Caroline Bonaparte

Caroline Bonaparte

Maria Annunziata Carolina Murat , better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was the seventh surviving child and third surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France....
and Jérôme Bonaparte

Jérôme Bonaparte

J?r?me-Napol?on Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort of Vorarlberg was the youngest brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him king of Kingdom of Westphalia ....
. Her sharp tongue often caused troubles in her relations with her brother Napoleon.

She was established as a member of the Imperial family of the First French Empire

First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
on May 18, 1804. She received the title of Imperial Highness. On March 19, 1805, Napoleon awarded her with the Principality of Lucca

Lucca

Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca....
and Piombino

Principality of Piombino

The Principality of Piombino was a state of Italy, which existed from 1399 to 1805, when Napoleon absorbed it into the Principality of Lucca and Piombino....
.

Her separation from her husband was seen favorably by Napoleon. On March 3, 1809 he gave Elisa the honorary title of a Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Rulers of Tuscany

The rulers of Tuscany have varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region....
, which had been annexed by France in 1807. Her husband soon rejoined her however.

Elisa remained Grand Duchess of Tuscany until February 1, 1814, when Grand Duke Ferdinand III

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany was Grand Duke of Grand Duchy of Tuscany, . He was also the Prince-elector and Duke of Electorate of Salzburg and Grand Duke of Grand Duchy of W?rzburg ....
was restored to the throne he had occupied before 1801. Elisa spent the later years of her life in seclusion and died in Trieste

Trieste

Trieste is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to the Slovenian border, to the North, East, and South. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea....
. She was buried in the San Petronio Basilica

San Petronio Basilica

The Basilica of San Petronio is the main church of Bologna, the old citt? d'arte in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy; however, it is not the metropolitan cathedral of the city, which is the Saint Peter ....
of Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River....
. She was also the only adult sibling

Sibling

A sibling is a brother or a sister; that is, any person who shares the same parents.In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood with each other....
of Napoleon Bonaparte who did not survive him.

Family

She married Félix Pasquale Baciocchi, a member of Corsican nobility

Nobility

Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary or for a lifetime. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies....
, on May 1, 1797, created Prince Français, Duke of Lucca and Prince of Piombino and Prince of Massa-Carrara and La Garfagnana. They were parents of four children:

Felix Napoléon Baciocchi (1798 - 1799).
Elisa Napoléone Baciocchi (1806 - 1869).
She married Philippe, Comte Camerata-Passioneï de Mazzoleni, one son Charles Félix Jean-Baptiste Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni
Charles Félix Jean-Baptiste Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni

Charles F?lix Jean-Baptiste Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni was born in Ancona, the son of Filippo Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni, an Italian count, and Princess Elisa Napol?one Baciocchi, the daughter of Felice Pasquale Bacciocchi and Elisa Bonaparte....
Jérôme Charles Baciocchi (1810 - 1811).
Frédéric Napoléon Baciocchi (1813 - 1833).