Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ¹⁶⁹⁹

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Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul, Prince Napoleon (Trieste, Italy, September 9, 1822 - March 17, 1891, Rome, Italy) was the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Württemberg.

Known as Prince Napoleon or "Plon-Plon", he was a close advisor to his cousin, Napoleon III, and in particular was seen as a leading advocate of French intervention in Italy on behalf of Camillo di Cavour and the Italian nationalists. His curious nickname is said to be a corruption of "Craint-Plomb", "Fear-Lead", said to have been given to him by the army due to his absence from the Battle of Solferino.

As part of his cousin's policy of alliance with Piedmont-Sardinia, in 1859 Prince Napoleon married Clotilde, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia. Their grandson Louis Bonaparte II (Brussels, 1914-1997) was a pretender of Bonaparte dynasty as his son prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte II (born 1950) representing the current head of the family. This Charles Napoleon has a son Jean-Christophe (born 1986) and a brother Jérôme (born 1957), unmarried. There are no remaining descendants in male line from any other of Napoleon's brothers. ¹⁶⁹⁹

Napoléon married Marie Clothilde Princess of Italy, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy and Maria Adelaide of Habsburg Archduchess of Austria, on 30 Jan 1859 in Torino, Piemonte, Italy.¹⁷⁰⁹ (Marie Clothilde Princess of Italy was born on 2 Mar 1843 in Torino, Piemonte, Italy ¹⁶⁹⁹ and died on 25 Jun 1911 in Torino, Piemonte, Italy ¹⁶⁹⁹.)