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Alix, Princess Napoléon
Alix, Dowager Princess Napoléon (née de Foresta; born 4 April 1926) is the widow of Louis, Prince Napoléon, the disputed head of the House of Bonaparte, and pretender to the Emperor of the French, Imperial throne of France from their marriage in 1949 until his death in 1997. Bonapartists regarded her as "Empress of the French" for almost fifty years of the 20th century. Life She was the daughter of ''count, comte'' Albéric de :fr:Famille de Foresta, Foresta and his wife Geneviève Fredet. Although she was the only consort of the surviving Imperial line not born a princess, her family had been nobles in Lombardy since the 13th century, becoming count palatine, counts palatine in 1330, constables of Venice in 1425, then retainer (medieval), retainers of the powerful Doria (family), Doria family in Republic of Genoa, Genoa. They settled in Provence, France early in the 16th century, where they acquired twenty-two Manorialism, manors and the title of marquis by 1651. The Forestas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis, Prince Napoléon
Louis, Prince Napoléon (''Louis Jérôme Victor Emmanuel Léopold Marie''; 23 January 1914 – 3 May 1997) was a member of the House of Bonaparte, Bonaparte dynasty. He was the pretender to the Emperor of the French, Imperial throne of France, as Napoléon VI, from 3 May 1926 until his death on 3 May 1997. Early life He was born in Brussels, Belgium, due to the law which then ban (law), banned heirs of the former French ruling dynasties from residing in France. He was the son of Napoléon Victor Bonaparte, Victor, Prince Napoléon and his wife Princess Clémentine of Belgium, daughter of Leopold II of Belgium, King Leopold II of the Belgians and Marie Henriette of Austria, Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria. Leopold II's mother, Louise of Orléans, Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans, was the eldest daughter of Louis Philippe I, King Louis Philippe I, ruler of France during the July Monarchy. As a child, Prince Louis spent some time in England, where he stayed with Eugénie d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
