biography
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Bonaparte, (Marie-) Pauline
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pronunciation:
[bohnapah(r)t]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1780–1825)
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| biography:
| Princess Borghese, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, the favourite sister of Napoleon I. She married General Leclerc in 1797 and accompanied him on the expedition to Haiti (1802), during which he died. In 1803 she married Prince Camillo Borghese, her private life soon shocking the patrician family into which she married. She loyally supported Napoleon in his exile on Elba. |
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