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Prince Paul Marie Bonaparte (19 February 1809 in
Canino Canino is a town and ''comune'' of Italy, in the province of Viterbo (northern Lazio) in the internal part of Maremma Laziale. It is west of Valentano and northwest of Viterbo. It is also near the ancient Etruscan town of Vulci, and the des ...
– 7 September 1827 in
Nafplio Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...
) fought in the Greek War of Independence. Paul Marie Bonaparte was the third child of
Lucien Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (born Luciano Buonaparte; 21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), was French politician and diplomat of the French Revolution and the Consulate. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1799 to 1800 ...
and
Alexandrine de Bleschamp Alexandrine Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano (née Alexandrine de Bleschamp; 23 February 1778 – 12 July 1855) was a French aristocrat. She was first married to the banker Hippolyte Jouberthon, with whom she had one child, Anne, ...
. He studied at the
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. In March 1827 he secretly left the city, and under an assumed name, went to Greece to take part in the Greek War of Independence. Arriving first at the Ionian Islands, Bonaparte was welcomed on 24 August at
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by the British Admiral Cochrane, who was entrusted with command of the Greek fleet. Bonaparte served on the flagship frigate '' Hellas'', which after a series of unsuccessful operations stood off in the strait of the island
Spetses Spetses ( el, Σπέτσες, grc, Πιτυούσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an upscale affluent island in Attica, Greece. It is included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolis ...
. On 6 September 1827, on board the ''Hellas'', Bonaparte was mortally wounded while cleaning his own gunΔημήτρης Φωτιάδης,Η Επανάσταση του 21, ΜΕΛΙΣΣΑ, 1971, τ.Δ, σ.402 and died the day after. After the end of the war in 1832, Bonaparte was buried in a mausoleum on the island of
Sphacteria Sphacteria ( el, Σφακτηρία - ''Sfaktiria'') also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία) is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles: *the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the ...
, close to the French sailors who fell in the Battle of Navarino.


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*''Dictionnaire de biographie française'', tom VI, Paris 1951 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonaparte, Paul Marie French philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence Paul Marie 1809 births 1827 deaths Firearm accident victims Burials in Greece Deaths by firearm in Greece Accidental deaths in Greece