Maria Anna (Marie Anne) Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, Princesse Française, Duchess of Lucca and Princess of Piombino, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Countess of Compignano born January 13, 1777, at Ajaccio, Corsica, died August 7, 1820, at Trieste

Maria Anna was the fourth surviving child and eldest surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, making her the younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Her other elder siblings were Joseph and Lucien, whilst her younger siblings were Louis, Pauline, Caroline and Jerome.

As princess of Piombino and Lucca, then grand duchess of Tuscany, she was his only sister to possess real political power, though her sharp tongue often caused troubles in her relations with him. Highly interest in the arts, particularly the theatre, she encouraged them in the territories over which she ruled.

Married:

1. Felice Pasquale Baciocchi

Elisa Bonaparte and Felice Pasquale Baciocchi were the parents of five children:

1. Felice Napoleon Bacciochi
2. Elisa Napoleone
3. Napoleone Elisa Bacciochi
4. Jerome Charles Bacciochi
5. Frederic Napoleon Bacciochi

She was the daughter of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, Madame Mère de l'Empereur

Links

Napoleonic Historical Society, Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca

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