Caroline Bonaparte
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Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte (French: Caroline Marie Annunciata Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France. She was queen of Naples during the reign of her spouse there, and regent of Naples during his absence four times: in 1812–1813, 1813, 1814, and 1815.
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Princess Murat Countess of Lipona | |||||
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Tenure | 1 August 1808 – 20 May 1815 | ||||
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Tenure | 15 March 1806 – 1 August 1808 | ||||
Born | 25 March 1782 Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France | ||||
Died | 18 May 1839(1839-05-18) (aged 57) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
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House | Bonaparte (birth) Murat (marriage) | ||||
Father | Carlo Buonaparte | ||||
Mother | Letizia Ramolino | ||||
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In 1800, Caroline married Joachim Murat, Marshal of the Empire, Prince Murat and later King of Naples, one of Napoleon's most important and notorious generals.