Roland Bonaparte
Roland Bonaparte | |||||
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Born | (1858-05-19)19 May 1858 Paris, France | ||||
Died | 14 April 1924(1924-04-14) (aged 65) Paris, France | ||||
Spouse | Marie Blanc (m. 1880) | ||||
Issue | Princess Marie Bonaparte | ||||
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House | Bonaparte | ||||
Father | Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte | ||||
Mother | Justine Eleanore Ruflin |
Prince Roland Napoléon Bonaparte (19 May 1858 – 14 April 1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death. He was the last direct descendant of Lucien Bonaparte, the genetically senior branch of the family since 1844.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Legacy
3 Images
4 References
5 External links
Biography
Bonaparte was born in Paris on 19 May 1858, the son of Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte and Justine Eleanore Ruflin. He was a grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon I's brother.
Prince Roland was married in Paris on 18 November 1880, to Marie Blanc (1859–1882), the daughter of François Blanc. They had one daughter, Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882–1962).
In 1886, Bonaparte was part of a scientific expedition that photographed and anatomically measured the Sami inhabitants of Northern Norway.[1]
Bonaparte was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, from 1921-1923.[2]
On the death of his cousin Prince Napoléon Charles Bonaparte in 1899, he succeeded him as the 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano, but he never assumed the title. With Prince Roland's death in Paris on 14 April 1924, the senior line of the House of Bonaparte descending from Lucien Bonaparte became extinct in the male line.
Legacy
Bonaparte Point in Antarctica was named after him by Jean-Baptiste Charcot. There is also a small lake on the mountains above the Coast Sámi/Norwegian village Kvalsund which is called Bonapartesjøen - Lake Bonaparte - after his abovementioned visit to the region.
Images
Bonaparte dressed in gákti, traditional Sámi clothes
Mother: Justine Elénore Bonaparte
Father: Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
1st wife: Marie-Félix Blanc
References
^ Special Exhibit: Laplander Studies by Roland Bonaparte. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
^ Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, November 1937, plates X-IX
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- Presidents of the Société de Géographie
Roland Bonaparte House of Bonaparte Born: 19 May 1858 Died: 14 April 1924 | ||
Preceded by Ernest-Théodore Hamy | President of the Société de Géographie 1910–1924 | Succeeded by Henri Cordier |
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Preceded by Napoléon Charles Bonaparte | Prince of Canino and Musignano 1899–1924 | Title extinct |
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