BONAPARTE  , the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family made famous by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I . (q.v.), See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . The French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Bonaparte was not commonly used, even by Napoleon, until after the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1796 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name was Buonaparte, which was See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages by several distinct families in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . One of these, which settled at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence before the See also:

• YEAR

year IToo, divided in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century into the two branches of See also:

• SAN

San Miniato and See also:

• SARZANA

Sarzana . A member of this latter, See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco Buonaparte, emigrated in the middle of the 16th century to See also:

• CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

Corsica, where his descendants continued to occupy themselves with the affairs of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and the magistracy .