Louis Bonaparte (1864–1932)
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| Louis | |
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| Prince Napoléon | |
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| Head of the House of Bonaparte (disputed) | |
| Tenure | 17 March 1891 – 14 October 1932 |
| Predecessor | Prince Napoleon-Jérôme |
| Successor | Louis, Prince Napoléon |
| Born | 16 July 1864 Meudon, France |
| Died | 14 October 1932 (aged 68) Prangins, Switzerland |
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| House | Bonaparte |
| Father | Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte |
| Mother | Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy |
Napoleon Louis Josef Jérôme Bonaparte (16 July 1864 – 14 October 1932) was the disputed head of the House of Bonaparte from 1891 to his death in 1932, as well as a lieutenant-general in the Russian Army and governor of the province of Yerevan in 1905.
Early life
Louis Bonaparte, as he was known, was born in
Life
He was educated with his older brother
In his will, Napoléon-Jérôme designated Louis as the head of the house of Bonaparte, bypassing his first son Victor, who he deemed "a traitor and a rebel". Victor and a majority of Bonapartists disputed this.[2]
In 1910, he retired from the Russian Army as a lieutenant-general and moved to the family estate in
In 1917, he returned to Prangins, though his later travels included trips to Japan and the United States.
He died in 1932 from a stroke in
Ancestry
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Sources
- Armenia, the Survival of a Nation by Christopher Walker (ISBN 9780312049447)
- Dictionnaire du Second Empire (1995) by Jean Tulard
- Fire and sword in the Caucasus by Luigi Villari (pages 216–228)
Footnotes
- ^ LUIGI VILLARI (1906). FIRE AND SWORD IN THE CAUCASUS. T. Fisher Unwin. p. 217 – via Armenia House.
- ^ Valynseele, Joseph (1967). Les Prétendants aux Trônes d'Europe (in French). Paris. pp. 226–231.
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