Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte

Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte
Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte
Born	31 May 1713; Ajaccio
Died	13 December 1763 (aged 50); Ajaccio
Spouses	Maria Saveria Paravicini (m. 1741; died bef. 1750); Maria Virginia Alata;
Children	Maria Gertrude, Sebastiano, Carlo, Marianna
Parents	Sebastiano Nicola Buonaparte; Maria Anna Tusoli;
Relatives	Joseph Bonaparte (grandson); Napoleon I of France (grandson); Lucien Bonaparte (grandson); Elisa Bonaparte (granddaughter); Louis Bonaparte (grandson); Pauline Bonaparte (granddaughter); Caroline Bonaparte (granddaughter); Jérôme Bonaparte (grandson);

Nobile Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte or Giuseppe Maria di Buonaparte (31 May 1713 – 13 December 1763) ^[1] was a Corsican politician, best known as the paternal grandfather of Napoleon I of France.^[2]

Early life

He was the son of Sebastiano Nicola Buonaparte (1683–1720) and his wife Maria Anna Tusoli (1690–1760). According to an genealogy requested by Maria Saveria Paravicini, wife of Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte, Buonaparte was a descendant of William IX of Montferrat and Borso d'Este.^[3]

Career

In 1749, Giuseppe was the Delegate who represented the City of Ajaccio in the Council of Corte.

Marriages and children

On 5 March 1741 at Ajaccio, Giuseppe married his first wife Nobile Maria Saveria Paravicini^[4] (born 7 September 1715 at Ajaccio, died before 1750). She was a daughter of two Nobile, Giuseppe Maria Paravicini and Anna Maria Salineri. Both her parents were members of the nobility of the Republic of Genoa. They had at least four children:

Nobile Maria Gertrude Buonaparte (28 November 1741, Ajaccio – December, 1793). Married at Ajaccio, 25 June 1763 Nicola Luigi Paravisini, Chancellor of the City of Ajaccio (ca. 1739, Ajaccio – 8 May 1813, Ajaccio).
Nobile Sebastiano Buonaparte (1743, Ajaccio – 24 November 1760, Ajaccio).
Nobile Carlo Buonaparte (29 March 1746 – 24 February 1785). Married in June 1764, Maria Letizia Ramolino. They were the parents of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon I of France, Lucien Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte, Caroline Bonaparte and Jérôme Bonaparte.
Nobile Marianna Buonaparte, died young.

Maria predeceased her husband, and he married secondly Maria Virginia Alata (born 5 February 1725), a daughter of Domenico Alata. This marriage was probably childless.

References

^ Baum, Hans-Peter (1994). Carl von Dalberg: Erzbischof und Staatsmann (1744-1817). MZ-Buchverlag. p. 115. ISBN 9783927529038.
^ Paoli, François (2005). La jeunesse de Napoléon (in French). Tallandier. p. 13. ISBN 978-2-84734-231-4.
^ Grasset d'Orcet, 1893, Histoire secrète de l Europe (Paris, 2001, tome II pp 165-197)
^ Young, Norwood (1910). The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment. J. Murray. p. 41.

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[1] Baum, Hans-Peter (1994). Carl von Dalberg: Erzbischof und Staatsmann (1744-1817). MZ-Buchverlag. p. 115. ISBN 9783927529038.

[2] Paoli, François (2005). La jeunesse de Napoléon (in French). Tallandier. p. 13. ISBN 978-2-84734-231-4.

[3] Grasset d'Orcet, 1893, Histoire secrète de l Europe (Paris, 2001, tome II pp 165-197)

[4] Young, Norwood (1910). The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment. J. Murray. p. 41.

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