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Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli Filistine Charlotte Bonaparte (22 February 1795 - 13 May 1865) was a French a French Napoleonic Napoleonic princess and the eldest daughter of Lucien of Lucien Bonaparte and Bonaparte and Christine Christine Boyer. Boyer. She became princess became princess Gabrielli following Gabrielli following her marriage to Mario Mario Gabrie Gabrielli, lli, prince prince of Prossedi and Roccasec Roccasecca, ca, duke duke of Pisterzo of Pisterzo.. In Italy she was known as Carlotta.
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An outspok outspoken en and undevio undevious us woman, woman, the Italians Italians referre referred d to Princess Gabrielli Gabrielli as “a true Bonaparte”. Her private private correspondence was full of gossip on the Imperial court in Paris in Paris,, and her own behaviour in society was sometimes a source of concern concern for the French French Imperial family. family. Nevertheless, even after the fall of Napoleon, she always remained loyal to her uncle’s memory, and had a particular affection for her paternal grandmother Madame Mère to whom she remained attached until her death at Palazzo Bonaparte Bonaparte-d'As -d'Aste, te, in the Roman Roman Piazza Ven Venezia ezia,, in1836. in1836.
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She was an avid book collector and the patroness of a literary and intellectual circle that regularly met at her husband’s band’s villa villa on the Janiculum in theyears theyears 1820-1 1820-1840 840.. The “Villa Gabrielli al Gianicolo” was one of the must-see stops of Grand of Grand Tour travellers Tour travellers in reason of the magnificent view on the city, and is nowadays the Roman headquarters of the Pontifical the Pontifical North American College. College.
She was born at Saint-Maximin-la-Sai Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume nte-Baume,, the the daughter daughter of Lucien Lucien Bonaparte (1775–184 (1775–1840), 0), the first first princ princee of Canino Canino and Musig Musignan nano, o, and his first first wife wife Christine Boyer (1773–1800) (1773–1800),, herself herself the daughte daughterr of Pierre Boyer. Boyer. She was the granddaughter granddaughter of Carlo of Carlo Buonaparte and his his wife wife Letizia Ramolino Ramolino,, and and the the niec niecee of the the emperor Napoleon emperor Napoleon I. I. Her paternal grandmother, Letizia Ramolino (Madame (Madame Mère) Mère) nicknam nicknamed ed her “Lolotte”. “Lolotte”. She She spent her childhood in France in France and and Spain Spain and and from 1804 onwards was educated by nuns in Italy in Italy..
Charlotte survived her husband as the Dowager Princess Gabrielli Gabrielli (1841–1865) and the following following year she quietly quietly remarried to her faithful admirer the Cavaliere the Cavaliere Settimio Settimio Centam Centamori ori.. With With the rise rise of Empero Emperorr Napo Napoleo leon n III Charlotte was again officially included in the Imperial family and recogn recogniz ized ed as Princ Princess essee Bon Bonapa aparte rte with with the quali qualific ficaation of Highness (21 (21 February 1853). Princess Princess Gabrielli died on 6 May 1865, aged seventy, at Palazzo Gabrielli in Rome.
Early marriage arrangements to the Spanish prince Ferdinando of the Asturias (later Ferdinand (later Ferdinand VII of Spain) Spain) and the grand-duke of Wurzburg (later Ferdinand III of Tuscany)) were planned for her by Napoleon but eventuTuscany ally ally not conclud concluded. ed. When When in 1809 Napoleo Napoleon n divorce divorced d his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, Beauharnais, the possibility that he might marry Charlotte was taken into consideration, as this would have consolidated family power. Charlotte was thus sent to live with her grandmother (Napoleon’s mother, Madame Mère) in Paris in Paris in in March 1810; eventually however the emperor did not favour a marriage with his niece. niece. As a conseque consequence nce of the increas increasing ingly ly abrasive relationship between Lucien and Napoleon, in August 1810 Charlotte, her father, stepmother Alexandrine stepmother Alexandrine de Blesch Bleschamps amps,, siblings and household attempted to sail to the the United States, States, but were captured by the British and forced to reside in England in England until until the fall of Napoleon (1814).
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On 27 December December 1815, in Rome, she married prince don Mario Gabrielli, prince of Prossedi (6 December 1773 – 17 September 1841), with whom she had eight children: •
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During During the resto restorat ratio ion n of her her unc uncle le Napol Napoleo eon n in the Hundred Days, Days, Charlotte was granted the title of French princ princess ess (22 March March 1815) 1815) and the quali qualific ficati ation on of Imperial Highne Highness ss.. Char Charlo lottewas ttewas then then marr marrie ied d on 27 DeDecember cember 1815 to the Roman prince Mario Gabrielli Mario Gabrielli (1773 (1773 – 1841): he was the scion of an old Italian Catholic family from Gubbio from Gubbio,, the son of the Napoleonic deputy Napoleonic deputy mayor of Rome of Rome and and nephew of a former Cardinal Secretary of State;; she thus became the Princes State Princesss Gabrie Gabrielli lli until his death in 1841.
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Donna Donna Letizia Letizia Gabrielli Gabrielli (1817–1827) (1817–1827).. young.
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Donna Donna Cristina Cristina Gabrie Gabrielli lli (1821–1898 (1821–1898). ). She married married marchese Antonio Stefanoni (1819–1883) and left issue. Donna Lavinia Lavinia Gabrielli Gabrielli (1822–1888). She married conte Ildefonso Ildefonso Aventi (1802–1857) and left issue. Don Angelo Angelo Gabrielli Gabrielli (1824–1826). He died in infancy. Donna Camilla Gabrielli (1828–1829). She died in infancy.
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Donna Emilia Gabrielli (1830–1911). She married conte Giuseppe Parisani (1823–1887) and left issue, including the painter Napoleone Parisani. Don Placido Gabrielli (1832–1911). He married his cousin princesse Augusta Bonaparte (daughter of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and his wife Zénaïde Bonaparte). Donna Francesca Gabrielli (1837–1860). She married conte Cesare Parisani (1828–1904) and left issue.
In 1842 she married chevalier Settimio Centamori (1812 - 1889). The marriage was childless.
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She was represented by the French painter Jean-Baptiste Wicar as a young peasant woman in a life-size portrait, today in the collections of the Napoleonic Museum in Rome. Another life-size portrait by Jean-Pierre Granger is at the Palace of Versailles.
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Yacinthe Saint-German Leca. Un aspect meconnu de Lucien Bonaparte. Paris, Imprimerie Jouve, 2006 Marcello Simonetta, Noga Arikha. Napoleon and the Rebel: A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power . New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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An outspok outspoken en and undevio undevious us woman, woman, the Italians Italians referre referred d to Princess Gabrielli Gabrielli as “a true Bonaparte”. Her private private correspondence was full of gossip on the Imperial court in Paris in Paris,, and her own behaviour in society was sometimes a source of concern concern for the French French Imperial family. family. Nevertheless, even after the fall of Napoleon, she always remained loyal to her uncle’s memory, and had a particular affection for her paternal grandmother Madame Mère to whom she remained attached until her death at Palazzo Bonaparte Bonaparte-d'As -d'Aste, te, in the Roman Roman Piazza Ven Venezia ezia,, in1836. in1836.
Biog Biogra raph phy y
She was an avid book collector and the patroness of a literary and intellectual circle that regularly met at her husband’s band’s villa villa on the Janiculum in theyears theyears 1820-1 1820-1840 840.. The “Villa Gabrielli al Gianicolo” was one of the must-see stops of Grand of Grand Tour travellers Tour travellers in reason of the magnificent view on the city, and is nowadays the Roman headquarters of the Pontifical the Pontifical North American College. College.
She was born at Saint-Maximin-la-Sai Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume nte-Baume,, the the daughter daughter of Lucien Lucien Bonaparte (1775–184 (1775–1840), 0), the first first princ princee of Canino Canino and Musig Musignan nano, o, and his first first wife wife Christine Boyer (1773–1800) (1773–1800),, herself herself the daughte daughterr of Pierre Boyer. Boyer. She was the granddaughter granddaughter of Carlo of Carlo Buonaparte and his his wife wife Letizia Ramolino Ramolino,, and and the the niec niecee of the the emperor Napoleon emperor Napoleon I. I. Her paternal grandmother, Letizia Ramolino (Madame (Madame Mère) Mère) nicknam nicknamed ed her “Lolotte”. “Lolotte”. She She spent her childhood in France in France and and Spain Spain and and from 1804 onwards was educated by nuns in Italy in Italy..
Charlotte survived her husband as the Dowager Princess Gabrielli Gabrielli (1841–1865) and the following following year she quietly quietly remarried to her faithful admirer the Cavaliere the Cavaliere Settimio Settimio Centam Centamori ori.. With With the rise rise of Empero Emperorr Napo Napoleo leon n III Charlotte was again officially included in the Imperial family and recogn recogniz ized ed as Princ Princess essee Bon Bonapa aparte rte with with the quali qualific ficaation of Highness (21 (21 February 1853). Princess Princess Gabrielli died on 6 May 1865, aged seventy, at Palazzo Gabrielli in Rome.
Early marriage arrangements to the Spanish prince Ferdinando of the Asturias (later Ferdinand (later Ferdinand VII of Spain) Spain) and the grand-duke of Wurzburg (later Ferdinand III of Tuscany)) were planned for her by Napoleon but eventuTuscany ally ally not conclud concluded. ed. When When in 1809 Napoleo Napoleon n divorce divorced d his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, Beauharnais, the possibility that he might marry Charlotte was taken into consideration, as this would have consolidated family power. Charlotte was thus sent to live with her grandmother (Napoleon’s mother, Madame Mère) in Paris in Paris in in March 1810; eventually however the emperor did not favour a marriage with his niece. niece. As a conseque consequence nce of the increas increasing ingly ly abrasive relationship between Lucien and Napoleon, in August 1810 Charlotte, her father, stepmother Alexandrine stepmother Alexandrine de Blesch Bleschamps amps,, siblings and household attempted to sail to the the United States, States, but were captured by the British and forced to reside in England in England until until the fall of Napoleon (1814).
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On 27 December December 1815, in Rome, she married prince don Mario Gabrielli, prince of Prossedi (6 December 1773 – 17 September 1841), with whom she had eight children: •
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During During the resto restorat ratio ion n of her her unc uncle le Napol Napoleo eon n in the Hundred Days, Days, Charlotte was granted the title of French princ princess ess (22 March March 1815) 1815) and the quali qualific ficati ation on of Imperial Highne Highness ss.. Char Charlo lottewas ttewas then then marr marrie ied d on 27 DeDecember cember 1815 to the Roman prince Mario Gabrielli Mario Gabrielli (1773 (1773 – 1841): he was the scion of an old Italian Catholic family from Gubbio from Gubbio,, the son of the Napoleonic deputy Napoleonic deputy mayor of Rome of Rome and and nephew of a former Cardinal Secretary of State;; she thus became the Princes State Princesss Gabrie Gabrielli lli until his death in 1841.
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Donna Donna Letizia Letizia Gabrielli Gabrielli (1817–1827) (1817–1827).. young.
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Donna Donna Cristina Cristina Gabrie Gabrielli lli (1821–1898 (1821–1898). ). She married married marchese Antonio Stefanoni (1819–1883) and left issue. Donna Lavinia Lavinia Gabrielli Gabrielli (1822–1888). She married conte Ildefonso Ildefonso Aventi (1802–1857) and left issue. Don Angelo Angelo Gabrielli Gabrielli (1824–1826). He died in infancy. Donna Camilla Gabrielli (1828–1829). She died in infancy.
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Donna Emilia Gabrielli (1830–1911). She married conte Giuseppe Parisani (1823–1887) and left issue, including the painter Napoleone Parisani. Don Placido Gabrielli (1832–1911). He married his cousin princesse Augusta Bonaparte (daughter of Charles Lucien Bonaparte and his wife Zénaïde Bonaparte). Donna Francesca Gabrielli (1837–1860). She married conte Cesare Parisani (1828–1904) and left issue.
In 1842 she married chevalier Settimio Centamori (1812 - 1889). The marriage was childless.
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Portraits
She was represented by the French painter Jean-Baptiste Wicar as a young peasant woman in a life-size portrait, today in the collections of the Napoleonic Museum in Rome. Another life-size portrait by Jean-Pierre Granger is at the Palace of Versailles.
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Yacinthe Saint-German Leca. Un aspect meconnu de Lucien Bonaparte. Paris, Imprimerie Jouve, 2006 Marcello Simonetta, Noga Arikha. Napoleon and the Rebel: A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power . New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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