Lucien Bonaparte

Biography

Youth

Like all the Bonaparte boys, it makes its studies on the continent, with Autun, then with Brienne where it crosses his famous brother. But it gives up the military career for that of the church and enters to the seminar of Aix-en-Provence. Returned in Corsica, it continued in this way when the French revolution will upset its life. It is 15 years old and is filled with enthusiasm for the novel ideas, it becomes private secretary of Pascal Paoli, but in 1793, with died of Louis XVI, Lucien, become Jacobin is scrambled with Paoli and warps against him a plot which fails and which causes the banishment of Corsica of all the Bonaparte family. Refugee with Saint-Maximin, it marries there Christine Boyer, the girl of his landlord in 1794. Jacobin (it takes the name of Brutus, in homage to the character of ancient Rome which assassinated Jules César for " to save République"), friend of Robespierre, he is victim of repression to the fall of this last and is imprisoned a time. Thanks to his brother become general, it once obtains a post of police chief of the wars to the Armée with North the agitation of Thermidor fallen down.

Political life

It comes to Paris, attends Barras, the rise to power of Napoleon is favorable for him. It starts a political career in the wake of his brother but wishes to be devoted to its area of origin. Appointed with the the Council of the Five hundred for the Corsica in 1798, he was president the day of the 18 brumaire and had for it with Sieyès actively prepared the Coup d'etat but drew any only little from profit.

It was, as a deputy, member of the charged commission to propose a repressive law of the violations of the press laws, historical antecedent to the Freedom of the press, the aforementioned press, at the time, being placed under the monitoring of the police force by the law of the 19 fructidor of the year V.

It becomes Minister of Interior Department under the Consulat starting from the December 24th 1799, but it makes shade with the First Consul who sends it during one year ambassador in Spain; it made there prevail the French influence against the British party and regains by there the good graces of the first consul, although it touched several bribes of the Spaniards and the Portuguese. Of return in France, he is member of the Tribunat in 1802 but finally, its disagreement with Napoleon makes it deviate from the race for the power, he accepts a mandate of senator however.

His first wife dies in layers in 1800, leaving it father of two children. It remarie with a widow, Alexandrine de Bleschamp widowed of Mr. Jouberthon, who has just given him a son in 1803, Charles Lucien, union which causes the fury of the future emperor and Lucien force to be left to Rome, to withdraw near the pope Pie VII, of which he had reconciled the friendship in 1801 by supporting the Concordat. In 1804, it does not collect anything the honors and promotions of the imperial sacring. It is fixed close to Viterbe in the ground of Canino, that the pope sets up for him in principality. The reconciliation is not done with Napoleon, so that Lucien wants to leave to the the United States. In 1810, it is during this crossing that it is arrested by the British and is imprisoned until in 1814. In exile in Rome since May 1814, it is made prince de Canino the August 31st of this year by the pope Pie VII.

He learns in 1815 the return from Napoleon from the isle of Elba and immediately decides to return to France. The emperor agrees to receive it and they are reconciled. He is this time recognized prince de France, even cover of honors and named of France (nevertheless neither him, nor its descent will be able to claim with the throne). The final fall of Napoleon after Waterloo obliges it to go back to Rome, being proscribed under the Restauration. It will be made prince of Musignano the March 21st 1824 by the pope Leon XII, but it will die in exile like ordinary person in 1840.

Literary achievements

In parallel, Lucien was interested much in the literary life and wrote itself some works, which was worth an armchair in to him 1803 with the French Academy. He was also assiduous living room of M {{me}} Récamier. He composed two poems epic: Charlemagne and Cyrnéïde or saved Corsica . He had been allowed at the Institute, and was one of the first guards of Pierre-Jean de Béranger.

Works of Lucien Bonaparte

the Indian Tribe, or Edouard and Stellina , novel, Paris 1799 (German and English transl.)
Charlemagne or the saved Church , poem epic of 24 songs, Paris 1815 (translated into English)
Cyrnéïde or Corsica saved , 12 songs, Paris 1819
With the French citizens members of the electoral colleges , Mans 1834
the truth on the Hundred Days , Paris 1835
Mémoires of Lucien Bonaparte, prince de Canino, written by itself , Paris 1836
Mémoire on the Etruscan vases , Paris 1836
18 Brumaire , Paris 1845

External bond

{it} Biography detailed on the site of the town of Canino.

Random links: