Napoléon Jérôme, Prince Napoléon
Napoléon Jérôme, Prince Napoléon (Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul; 9 September 1822 – 17 Mairch 1891), usually cried Napoléon Jérôme Bonaparte or Jérôme Bonaparte, wis the seicont son o Jerome, Keeng o Westphalia an his seicont wife Catharina o Württemberg. An oustpoken liberal, he became the de facto heid o the House of Bonaparte frae 1879 tae his death. He wasn't considered a legitimate pretender to the throne bi many Bonapartists, due tae his faither's previous marriage without divorce. They instead preferred his son Victor. Frae the 1880s he wis ane o the stronger supporters o General Georges Boulanger, thegither with other monarchist forces.
| Napoléon Jérôme Bonaparte | |||||
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| Prince Napoléon | |||||
 Portrait of Flandrin, 1860. | |||||
| Born | 9 September 1822 Trieste, Austria | ||||
| Dee'd | 17 Mairch 1891 (aged 68) Rome, Italy | ||||
| Spouse | Maria Clotilde o Savoy (m. 1859; d. 1911) | ||||
| Issue | Victor, Prince Napoléon Prince Louis Maria Letizia, Duchess o Aosta | ||||
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| Faither | Jérôme Bonaparte | ||||
| Mither | Catharina o Württemberg | ||||
As well as bearing the teetle o Prince Napoléon, gien tae him bi his cousin Emperor Napoleon III in 1852, he wis also 3rd Prince o Montfort, 1st Coont o Meudon an Coont o Moncalieri, following his mairiage with Maria Clotilde o Savoy in 1859. His popular nickname, Plon-Plon, stemmed frae his difficulty in pronouncing his own name as a child.
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- Victor, Prince Napoléon (18 Julie 1862 – 3 Mey 1926) mairit Princess Clémentine o Belgium an haed issue.
- Louis Bonaparte (16 Julie 1864 – 14 October 1932) niver mairit.
- Marie Laetitia Bonaparte (20 November 1866 – 25 October 1926) mairit Prince Amadeus o Savoy, Duke o Aosta an haed issue.