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Also Known As Maria Paola Buonaparte • Marie-Pauline Bonaparte
Born October 20, 1780 • Ajaccio • France
Died June 9, 1825 (aged 44) • Florence • Italy
House / Dynasty Bonaparte family
Notable Family Members father Carlo Maria Buonaparte • mother Letizia Buonaparte • brother Napoleon I • brother Joseph Bonaparte • brother Jérôme Bonaparte • brother Louis Bonaparte • brother Lucien Bonaparte • sister Caroline Bonaparte • sister Élisa Bonaparte

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Antonio Canova: Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix
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Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Lucien Bonaparte, lithograph.
Lucien Bonaparte
French politician
Bonaparte, Joseph
Joseph Bonaparte
king of Spain and Naples
Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte
king of Westphalia
Pozzo di Borgo, Charles-André, Comte
Charles-André, Comte Pozzo di Borgo
Corsican noble
Louis Bonaparte
Louis Bonaparte
king of Holland
Paoli, Pasquale
Pasquale Paoli
Corsican statesman
Letizia Buonaparte
Letizia Buonaparte
mother of Napoleon
Sambucuccio d’Alando
Corsican revolutionary
Elisa Bonaparte with her daughter Napoleona Baciocchi, 1810.
Élisa Bonaparte
sister of Napoleon
Bonaparte, Caroline
Caroline Bonaparte
queen of Naples
Carlo Maria Buonaparte (1746-1785).
Carlo Maria Buonaparte
father of Napoleon