Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte
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Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte | |
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| Born | 31 May 1713 |
| Died | 13 December 1763 (aged 50) Ajaccio |
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| Children | Maria Gertrude, Sebastiano, Carlo, Marianna |
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Nobile Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte or Giuseppe Maria di Buonaparte (31 May 1713 – 13 December 1763) [1] was a Corsican politician, best known as the paternal grandfather of Napoleon I of France.[2]
Early life
[edit]He was the son of Sebastiano Nicola Buonaparte (1683–1720) and his wife Maria Anna Tusoli (1690–1760).
Career
[edit]In 1749, Giuseppe was the Delegate who represented the City of Ajaccio in the Council of Corte.
Marriages and children
[edit]On 5 March 1741 at Ajaccio, Giuseppe married his first wife Nobile Maria Saveria Paravicini[3] (born 7 September 1715 at Ajaccio, died before 1750). She was a daughter of two Nobile, Giuseppe Maria Paravicini and Anna Maria Salineri. Both her parents were members of the nobility of the Republic of Genoa. They had at least four children:
- Nobile Maria Gertrude Buonaparte (28 November 1741, Ajaccio – December, 1793). Married at Ajaccio, 25 June 1763 Nicola Luigi Paravisini, Chancellor of the City of Ajaccio (ca. 1739, Ajaccio – 8 May 1813, Ajaccio).
- Nobile Sebastiano Buonaparte (1743, Ajaccio – 24 November 1760, Ajaccio).
- Nobile Carlo Buonaparte (29 March 1746 – 24 February 1785). Married in June 1764, Maria Letizia Ramolino. They were the parents of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon I of France, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte, Caroline Bonaparte and Jérôme Bonaparte.
- Nobile Marianna Buonaparte, died young.
Maria predeceased her husband, and he married secondly Maria Virginia Alata (born 5 February 1725), a daughter of Domenico Alata. This marriage was probably childless.
References
[edit]- ^ Baum, Hans-Peter (1994). Carl von Dalberg: Erzbischof und Staatsmann (1744-1817). MZ-Buchverlag. p. 115. ISBN 9783927529038.
- ^ Paoli, François (2005). La jeunesse de Napoléon (in French). Tallandier. p. 13. ISBN 978-2-84734-231-4.
- ^ Young, Norwood (1910). The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment. J. Murray. p. 41.
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