Napoleon Bonaparte's family tree: an heir who died at 21.

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica, the son of Carlo Maria di Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, and died on 5 May 1821 in Longwood, Saint Helena, at 51. He married Marie Josèpha Rose Tascher de la Pagerie and Marie Louise Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Lucia von Habsburg-Lothringen. 2 children are in the tree. The FamilySearch Family Tree has him as Napoléon Ier Bonaparte.

Five generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 30 of the 30 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Three generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 6 of the 6 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Napoleon Bonaparte's family, year by year.

1769Ajaccio, CorsicaOn 15 August 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte is born to Carlo Maria di Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
1771His brother Carlo Bonaparte dies.
1785Montpellier, Languedoc-RoussillonOn 24 February 1785, his father, Carlo Maria di Bonaparte, dies. He is 15.
1810Walewice Castle, near WarsawOn 4 May 1810, his son Alexandre Florian Józef Colonna Walewski is born.
1811Paris, Île-de-FranceOn 20 March 1811, his son Napoleone II Bonaparte is born.
1814Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-FranceOn 29 May 1814, his first wife, Marie Josèpha Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, dies at 50.
1820Villa Vicentina, Friuli Venezia GiuliaOn 7 August 1820, his sister Maria Anna "Élisa" Bonaparte dies. He is 50.
1821Longwood, Saint HelenaOn 5 May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte dies at 51.

His children.

Alexandre Florian Józef Colonna Walewski (1810–1868), died at 58
Napoleone II Bonaparte (1811–1832), died at 21

His descendants.

Below his children, the FamilySearch Family Tree holds 7 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 10 2nd great-grandchildren and one 3rd great-grandchild who have died. Anyone who may still be living is left out. The most recent death among his descendants in the tree is his 3rd great-grandson Comte Florian Claude René Colonna-Walewski, on 14 September 2003, at 67.

Comte Alexandre Florian Józef Colonna Walewski, his son: Louise Marie Colonna-Waleski (1832–1833), George Edouard Auguste Colonna-Waleski (1834–1835), Comte Alexandre Antoine Jean Colonna-Walewski II (1844–1898), Isabel Batilda Elisa Walenski (1847–?), Charles Zénobi Rodolphe Colonna-Walewski (1848–1916), Catherine Elisabeth Elise Walewski (1849–1927), Eugénie Marie Louise Irène Colonna-Walewska (1856–1884)
Comte Alexandre Antoine Jean Colonna-Walewski II, his grandson: Elisabeth Charlotte Madeleine Colonna-Walewska (1869–1955), Comte André Maurice Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1871–1954), Jean COLONNA WALEWSKI (1875–1882)
Eugénie Marie Louise Irène Colonna-Walewska, his granddaughter: Louis Napoléon Eugène Alexandre Mathéus (1878–1915)
Elisabeth Charlotte Madeleine Colonna-Walewska, his great-granddaughter: Giovanna Rossi del Barbazzale (1899–1969)
Comte André Maurice Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, his great-grandson: Comte Antoine Léon Charles Colonna-Walewski (1904–1990), Roger Alexandre Guy Colonna-Walewski (1907–1968)
Louis Napoléon Eugène Alexandre Mathéus, his great-grandson: Louis Mathéus (1902–1948), Jacques Alain Joseph Mathéus (1905–1990), Odile Mathéus (1906–1935), Hubert Mathéus (1907–1915), Olivier Mathéus (1909–1938), Charles Mathéus (1913–1963), Florent François Marie Jean Joscio Mathéus (1915–2000)
Comte Antoine Léon Charles Colonna-Walewski, his 2nd great-grandson: Comte Florian Claude René Colonna-Walewski (1935–2003)

Where the lines came from.

Up his father's line: Carlo Maria di Bonaparte, his father, born 1746 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Giuseppe Maria Bonaparte, his grandfather, born 1713 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Sebastiano Niccolo Bonaparte, his great-grandfather, born 1683 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Giuseppe Maria Bonaparte, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1663 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Carlo Maria Buonaparte, his 3rd great-grandfather, born 1637 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Sebastiano Buonaparte, his 4th great-grandfather, born 1600; Francesco Buonaparte, his 5th great-grandfather, born 1577 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Geronimo Buonaparte, his 6th great-grandfather, born 1520 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia.

Up his mother's line: Maria Letizia Ramolino, his mother, born 1750 in Aiaccio, Genoese Dominion of Corscia; Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino, his grandfather, born 1723 in Ajaccio, Corsica; Giovanni Agostino Ramolino, his great-grandfather, born 1697 in Ajaccio, Corsica; Giovanni ou Jean Jere Me ou Girolamo Ramolino, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1645 in Ajaccio, Corsica; Morgante Ramolino, his 3rd great-grandfather, born 1635 in Ajaccio, Corsica; Nicolas Ramolino, his 4th great-grandfather, born 1609 in Ajaccio, Corsica; Gabriel Ramolino, his 5th great-grandfather, born 1583 in of Ajaccio, Corsica; ramolino, his 6th great-grandfather, born 1557 in France.

The family as the FamilySearch Family Tree holds it: 189 people, 147 of them his ancestors. The earliest on his direct line is Pasquale Spinola di San Luca, born 1479 in Italy.

What history says.

Napoleon married Josephine in Paris on 9 March 1796 and Marie Louise of Austria at Saint-Cloud on 1 April 1810; Napoleon II was their son. Maria Walewska (born Łączyńska) was not his wife; their son was Alexandre Walewski. The FamilySearch Family Tree lists her as a wife and gives each empress the year of another marriage.Fondation Napoléon

Gaps in the record.

The FamilySearch Family Tree is built by the people who use it, and Napoleon Bonaparte's has places nobody has filled yet. Eight generations back, 113 of the 254 places are filled. Most of the open ones are in France in the 17th century, and in Italy in the 16th century: if that's where you research, they're your question. If you know who they were, add them on FamilySearch, with a source, and the next person to look will find them.

Both parents of Angelo Agostina Salerini (born 1653, Corse, France)
Both parents of Franchetta Merezano (born 1652, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud)
Both parents of Marie Laetitia Boggiana (born 1665, Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud)
Both parents of Bertranne Duguen (born 1667, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine)
Both parents of Guglielmo Bozzi (born 1642, Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud)
Both parents of D'Ornano (born 1646, Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud)

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