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Died 1932, Prangins, Switzerland Parents Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy Grandparents Jérôme Bonaparte, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Catharina of Württemberg, Adelaide of Austria Uncles Amadeo I of Spain, Umberto I of Italy Cousins Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince Umberto - Count of, Prince Vittorio Emanuel Similar Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Maria Letizia Bonapart, Jérôme Bonaparte, Victor - Prince Napoléon, Princess Maria Clotilde o | ||
Napoleon Louis Josef Jérôme Bonaparte (16 July 1864 - 14 October 1932) was a member of the Bonaparte family, a lieutenant-general in the Russian Army and Governor of the province of Yerevan in 1905.
Life
Louis Bonaparte, as he was known, was born in Meudon and was the second son of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, the son of Napoleons brother Jérôme Bonaparte, and of Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
He had the same education as his elder brother Victor, Prince Napoléon. After that, he lived a lazy life in Paris, staying at the house of his aunt Mathilde Bonaparte. His father directed him towards a military career. As a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte, he wasn't allowed in the French Army and therefore became a lieutenant in the Italian Army at Verona, with the approval of his uncle King Umberto I of Italy.
Because of anti-French sentiments in the Italian Army, he decided in 1890 to leave Italy and enter in the service of the Russian Army. In 1895 he became colonel and in 1902 he was stationed in the Caucasus. When in 1905 riots broke out between Armenians and Azeris in Yerevan, he was named Governor of the province of Yerevan and ordered to restore the order.
In 1910, as lieutenant-general, he retired from the Russian Army and moved to the family domain at Prangins in Switserland. At the request of the Russian tsar, he became liaison officer for the Russian Army with the Third Italian Army, led by his cousin Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta.
In 1917, he returned to Prangins, from where he made several travels, including to Japan and the United States.
He died in 1932 from a stroke. He never married and had no children.