Principessa Zenaida Leticia Julia Bonaparte

Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano was the elder daughter of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary, and the wife of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who was also her cousin. She joined her father in exile for several years in Bordentown, New Jersey.

When she was 14, Napoleon offered Zénaïde in marriage to Ferdinand, the deposed king of Spain, but the offer was refused. On 29 June 1822, in Brussels, she married her cousin Charles Lucien Bonaparte, son of her uncle Lucien. Her father Joseph had suggested the marriage to his wife when Zénaïde was only five; the idea was to carry on the Napoleonic succession (a return to power was always anticipated) by marrying his two daughters to sons of two of his brothers.

The wedding was met with surprisingly little fanfare, perhaps because Zénaïde's mother was outraged at the excessive sum of the dowry (730,000 francs, which was unreasonable considering that Lucien's villa in Rome had cost only 150,000), which had strained her resources.

Charles was an ornithologist (who named the Zenaida doves after her). They had twelve children, listed below.

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Geni World Family Tree MyHeritage Puoi trovare Geni World Family Tree a www.Geni.com. Geni è di proprietà e sotto la gestione di MyHeritage. Collection 40000 MH:S500011 https://www.myheritage.it/research/collection-40000/geni-world-fami... 4 Zenaida Leticia Julia Bonaparte - Infanta di Spagna (nata Bonaparte)<br>Sesso: Femmina<br>Nascita: 8 lug 1801 - Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France<br>Matrimonio: Coniuge: Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano - 29 giu 1822<br>Morte: 8 ago 1854 - Naples, Naples, Campania, Italy<br>Padre: Giuseppe Napoléon Buonaparte, I<br>Madre: Marie Julie Bonaparte (nata Clary)<br>Marito: Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano<br>Figli: Joseph Lucien Bonaparte, Lucien Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexandrine Gertrude Zenaide Bonaparte, Marie Désirée Eugénie Joséphine Philomène Campello (nata Bonaparte), Julie Charlotte Pauline Zénaïde Laetitia Désirée Bartholomée del Gallo (nata Bonaparte), Charlotte Honorine Josephine Pauline Bonaparte, Leonie Stephanie Elise Bonaparte, Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte, Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte, Aloïse Bathilde Léonie Bonaparte, Albertine Marie Therese Bonaparte, Albert Bonaparte, Charles Albert Bonaparte<br>Fratellie sorelle: Julie Joséphine Bonaparte, Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte Record 40000:66934507: