Charles Félix Jean-Baptiste Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni (20 September 1826 – 4 March 1853) was a French-Italian aristocrat born in

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, the son of Filippo Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni, an Italian count, and Princess

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, the daughter of Felice Baciocchi Levoy and

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. He was therefore a

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and a

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, who became

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in 1848 and then

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as Napoléon III in 1852. Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni was one of the ''

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'', but committed suicide at the age of twenty-six after being prevented from marrying an actress.

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* http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=en;p=charles+felix+jean+baptiste;n=camerata+passionei+di+mazzoleni 1826 births 1853 deaths People from Ancona House of Bonaparte Suicides in France {{France-noble-stub