Carlo Buonaparte

Charles Bonaparte or Carlo Buonaparte (Ajaccio, March 27, 1746-Montpellier, February 24, 1785) was a Corsican lawyer and diplomat best known for being the father of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Buonaparte was representative of Corsica at the court of Louis XVI. Long after his death, his second surviving son, Napoleon, became Emperor of the French; Subsequently, several of Buonaparte's other children received royal titles from his brother and married into royalty.

Biography

Born in Corsica, he was the son of the Nobile (nobleman) Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte (May 31, 1713 - December 13, 1763) and his wife, the Nobile Maria Saveria Paravicini (1715 - before 1750), both members of the Corsican nobility. His father was the representative of Ajaccio on the council of the French Court in 1749.

His paternal grandfather was Sebastiano Niccolò Buonaparte (September 29, 1683 - November 24, 1760) and his maternal grandmother Maria Colonna Bozzi (c. 1668 - October 16, 1704). Napoleon's detractors maintain that his relationship with the Colonna family is uncertain.

Career

Buonaparte left Corsica shortly after his marriage to study law in Rome in the time of Clement XIII, a city he hastily left on August 31, 1765 for unknown reasons. He joined the newly founded university in Corsica for an ethics course in December. Upon graduation he found employment as secretary to the leader of the Corsican Republic, Pasquale Paoli, in 1767.

A year after that, the Republic of Genoa already found it impossible to regain control of Corsica and offered Louis XV of France the island as payment for a debt, an act that was seen in Corsica as instigating the Genoese to invade. French. In fact, France accepted the cession of Corsica and sent troops to suppress the Corsican Republic. Buonaparte was initially a determined opponent of French intervention but after the Corsican defeats of 1768-1769, Carlo changed his mind and agreed to collaborate with the new regime. Thus, after the French conquest he was appointed advisor to the royal council for Ajaccio and its district on September 20, 1769 and he never again showed signs of opposition to French power.

Buonaparte was awarded a Doctorate in Law by the University of Pisa on November 27, 1769. When the French administration created an order of nobility in Corsica in 1770, Carlo was, on September 13, 1771, rewarded with it, adding it to the title of "Noble Patrick of Tuscany" which he had inherited in 1769 from his distant relatives from San Miniato in Tuscany.

He was appointed representative of Corsica at the court of King Louis XVI of France at Versailles in 1778, but embarking on a series of enterprises, and fond of great expenses, he lost much of his fortune. He died in Montpellier (France), at the age of 38, leaving a wife and eight children.

Family

Carlo Buonaparte fell in love with a woman from the Forciol family. His paternal uncle, Archdeacon Luciano Buonaparte (January 8, 1718 - October 16, 1791), however, convinced him to marry the Nobile Maria Letizia Ramolino, from the Republic of Genoa and with a dowry of seven thousand lire.

The wedding between Carlo Buonaparte and Maria Ramolino took place on June 2, 1764. Together they had 12 children:

• Napoleone Buonaparte (1764 - 17 August 1765).
• Maria Anna Buonaparte (1 January 1767 - 3 January 1768).
• José Bonaparte (7 January 1768 - 28 July 1844), King of Spain (1808-1813)
• Napoleon Bonaparte (originally: Napoleone Buonaparte) (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821). So called by his late older brother. Emperor of France (1804-1814)
• Maria Anna Buonaparte (1770). That's what your late older sister called. Born dead.
• Maria Anna Buonaparte (14 July - 23 November 1771). That's what you call your late older sisters.
• Luciano Bonaparte (21 May 1775 - 29 June 1840), Prince of Canino and Musignano.
• Elisa Bonaparte (13 January 1777 - 7 August 1820), Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1809-1814).
• Luis Bonaparte (2 September 1778 - 5 July 1844), King of the Netherlands (1806-1810).
• A son, born dead in 1779.
• Paulina Bonaparte (20 October 1780 - 9 June 1825), Duchess and Princess of Guastalla.
• Carolina Bonaparte (24 March 1782 - 18 May 1839), Queen of Naples and Sicily (1808-1814).
• Jerome Bonaparte (15 November 1784 - 24 June 1860), King of Westphalia (1807-1813).