Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe di ˌbwɔnaˈparte]; Corsican: Ghjuseppe Nabulione Bonaparte; Spanish: José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the Napoleonic Wars, the latter made him King of Naples (1806–1808), and then King of Spain (1808–1813). After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers and emigrated to the United States, where he settled near Bordentown, New Jersey, on an estate overlooking the Delaware River not far from Philadelphia.
| Joseph Bonaparte | |||||
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Portrait as King of Spain by François Gérard, 1808 | |||||
| King of Spain and the Indies | |||||
| Reign | 6 June 1808 – 11 December 1813 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ferdinand VII or Napoleon I | ||||
| Successor | Ferdinand VII | ||||
| King of Naples | |||||
| Reign | 30 March 1806 – 6 June 1808 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ferdinand IV | ||||
| Successor | Joachim I | ||||
| Head of the House of Bonaparte | |||||
| Tenure | 22 July 1832 – 28 July 1844 | ||||
| Predecessor | Napoleon II | ||||
| Successor | Louis, Count of Saint-Leu | ||||
| Born | 7 January 1768 Corte, Corsica, Republic of Genoa | ||||
| Died | 28 July 1844 (aged 76) Florence, Tuscany | ||||
| Burial | Hôtel des Invalides | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Zénaïde, Princess of Canino and Musignano Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte | ||||
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| House | Bonaparte | ||||
| Father | Carlo Buonaparte | ||||
| Mother | Letizia Ramolino | ||||
| Religion | Catholic | ||||
| Signature | |||||
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