Zénaïde Bonaparte

Laetitia Julie Bonaparte Zénaïde, Princess of Canino and Musignano (* July 9, 1801; † August 8, 1854 ) was the eldest daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary. She later married her cousin, Charles Lucien Bonaparte ornithologists. Together with her ​​father, she lived for several years in New Jersey in exile.

Zenaide Laetitia Charles Lucien Bonaparte and got married on June 28, 1822. Marriage came to their father's proposal to pass. This was already planning at the time when his daughter was five years old, to marry her and her sister with sons of his brother Lucien Bonaparte. He wanted to continue the Napoleonic dynasty, as it does not preclude that the Bonaparte family might one day come to power again. The marriage was celebrated with very little pomp. This may have helped that the family of her daughter a dowry of 730,000 francs extraordinarily high sent along, which reduced the family's wealth significantly. From the marriage twelve children were born:

  • Joseph Lucien Charles Napoleon Bonaparte, 3rd Prince de Canino et de Musignano (* February 13, 1824, † September 2, 1865 )
  • Alexandrine Gertrude Zénaïde Bonaparte ( born June 9, 1826 † May 1828 )
  • Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, 4th Prince de Canino et de Musignano (* November 15, 1828, † November 19, 1895 )
  • Julie Charlotte Bonaparte ( June 5, 1830, † October 28, 1900 )
  • Charlotte Honorine Joséphine Pauline Bonaparte ( born March 4, 1832 † October 1, 1901 )
  • Léonie Stéphanie Elise Bonaparte ( * 18 September 1833; † September 14, 1839 )
  • Désirée Marie Eugénie Joséphine Bonaparte Philomène (* March 18, 1835; † August 28, 1890 )
  • Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte ( born November 9, 1836 born March 29, 1900)
  • Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte, Prince de Canino et 5 de Musignano ( * 5 February 1839; † February 11, 1899 )
  • Bathilde Aloïse Léonie Bonaparte (November 26, 1840 June 9, 1861 )
  • Albertine Marie Thérèse Bonaparte ( born March 12, 1842 June 3, 1842 † )
  • Charles Albert Bonaparte ( born March 22, 1843 † December 6, 1847 )

The genre of mourning doves bears the scientific name Zenaida and was named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in honor of his wife so.

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