Jeanne Bonaparte

Princess Jeanne Bonaparte was a greatniece of Napoleon I of France, and the only daughter of Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte by his wife Justine Eleanore Ruflin. She was well known in French society as an artist and sculptor, and was married to Christian de VilleneuveEsclapon.

Jeanne was born onSeptember 1861 in Orval Abbey in Belgium. She was one of two five children born to her parents, although she only had one sibling that survived to adulthood Roland Bonaparte. Though born during the reign of Napoleon III of France, her family was never well received at the French imperial court. Her grandfather Lucien Bonaparte had displeased Napoleon I by his marriage to Alexandrine de Bleschamp, and had been consequently barred from his inheritance. In 1852, Jeannes father was also barred from his inheritance, only receiving instead a modest income from Napoleon IIIs private purse. This divide was dramatically widened upon his announcement to marry Justine Eleanore Ruflin, as he refused to give his consent to the match. Ruflins great wealth managed to support her husband and children. After the collapse of the Second French Empire in 1870, Jeanne and her family, like other Bonapartes, were sent into exile. Their family moved to Brussels, and later to London. Pier

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