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Jérôme Bonaparte (other)
Jérôme Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813. From 1816 onward, he bore the title of Prince of Montfort. After 1848, when his nephew, Louis Napoleon, became President of the Second French Republic, he served in several official roles, including Marshal of France from 1850 onward, and President of the Senate in 1852. He was the only one of Napoleon's siblings who lived long enough to see the Bonaparte restoration. Historian Owen Connelly points to his financial, military, and administrative successes and concludes he was a loyal, useful, and soldierly asset to Napoleon. Others, including historian Helen Jean Burn, have demonstrated his military failures, including a dismal career in the French navy that nearly escalated into war with Britain over an incident in the West Indies, and his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Jérôme Bonaparte
''Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte'' is an 1811 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard depicting Jérôme Bonaparte, then the Kingdom of Westphalia, King of Westphalia. The younger brother of Napoleon, Emperor of France, he had been placed on the throne of the newly-created Kingdom in 1807 and held it until it was dissolved following the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. He is presented in coronation robes. The same year Gérard helped secure a commission for the young artist Horace Vernet to paint an equestrian portrait of Jérôme. The painting is held in the collection of the Palace of Fontainebleau, outside Paris.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/50130000186 See also * ''Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte'', an 1808 portrait by Gérard featuring Jérôme's elder brother References Bibliography * Dion-Tenenbaum, Anne. ''L'orfèvre de Napoléon: Martin-Guillaume Biennais''. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003. * Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) ''Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
