|
BONAPARTE , the name of a See also: family made famous by See also: Napoleon I
.
(q.v.), emperor of the French
.
The French See also: form Bonaparte was not commonly used, even by Napoleon, until after the spring of 1796
.
The See also: original name was Buonaparte, which was See also: borne in the early See also: middle ages by several distinct families in See also: Italy
.
One of these, which settled at Florence before the See also: year IToo, divided in the 13th century into the two branches of See also: San Miniato and See also: Sarzana
.
A member of this latter, See also: Francesco Buonaparte, emigrated in the middle of the 16th century to See also: Corsica, where his descendants continued to occupy themselves with the affairs of See also: law and the magistracy
.
|
|
|
[back] VICOMTE DE LOUIS GABRIEL AMBROISE BONALD (1754-1840... |
[next] HORATIUS BONAR (1808-1889) |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.