Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte-Patterson II
Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte-Patterson II (born November 5, 1830 in Baltimore , † September 3, 1893 in Pride's Crossing , Massachusetts ) was a grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte , the youngest brother of the French Emperor Napoléon I.
Born in Baltimore , Maryland , he was the younger son of Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte-Patterson (1805-1870) and Susan May Williams (1812-1881), from whom the American line of the Bonaparte family descended.
After his studies, Jérôme served in the US Army in Texas until he joined the French Army under his cousin Napoléon III. joined. He fought in Algeria and Italy , participated in the Crimean War (1854-1856) and in the Franco-German War (1870-1871). In 1854 he was promoted to colonel .
After Jérôme Bonaparte-Patterson II left the French army, he returned to the USA and married Caroline Leroy Appleton on September 7, 1871, with whom he had two children:
- Louise-Eugénie Bonaparte-Patterson (1873–1923), ⚭ 1896 Count Adam Carl von Moltke-Hvitfeld (1864–1944)
- Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte-Patterson (1878–1945), ⚭ 1914 Blanche Pierce Stenbeigh
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| SURNAME | Bonaparte-Patterson, Jérôme Napoléon II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1893 |
| Place of death | Pride's Crossing , Massachusetts , United States |