Jérôme Bonaparte

Napoleon I's brother (1784–1860)

Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1813.

Jérôme Bonaparte
Portrait of Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (1784-1860)
King of Westphalia
Reign7 July 1807 – 26 October 1813
First MinisterJoseph Jérôme Siméon
Prince of Montfort
Tenure31 July 1816 – 24 June 1860
SuccessorNapoléon Jérôme
President of the French Senate
In office
28 January 1852 – 30 November 1852
PredecessorÉtienne-Denis Pasquier
(Chamber of Peers)
SuccessorRaymond-Theodore Troplong
Born15 November 1784
Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France
Died24 June 1860(1860-06-24) (aged 75)
Vilgénis, Seine-et-Oise, France
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1803; ann. 1805)
(m. 1807; died 1835)
(m. 1840)
Issue
Full name
Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte
HouseBonaparte
FatherCarlo Buonaparte
MotherLetizia Ramolino
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureJérôme Bonaparte's signature