Caroline Bonaparte

Caroline Bonaparte
Princess Murat
Countess of Lipona
Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1810-1812
Queen consort of Naples
Tenure1 August 1808 – 20 May 1815
Grand Duchess consort of Berg
Tenure15 March 1806 – 1 August 1808
Born25 March 1782
Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France
Died18 May 1839(1839-05-18) (aged 57)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1800; died 1815)
Issue
Detail
Names
Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte Murat
HouseBonaparte (birth)
Murat (marriage)
FatherCarlo Buonaparte
MotherLetizia Ramolino
SignatureCaroline Bonaparte's signature

Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte (French: Caroline Marie Annunciata Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France. She was queen of Naples during the reign of her spouse there, and regent of Naples during his absence four times: in 1812–1813, 1813, 1814, and 1815.

In 1800, Caroline married Joachim Murat, Marshal of the Empire, Prince Murat and later King of Naples, one of Napoleon's most important and notorious generals.


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