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The Bonapartes of Baltimore and the Napoleon Saga
Elizabeth Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte married in Baltimore in 1803 despite Napoleon's disapproval. The union produced a mixed legacy with Elizabeth’s exile, Jerome's Westphalia rule, and a prominent Baltimore lineage spanning generations, including reformer Charles Joseph Bonaparte.
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Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Jerome
Ajaccio
Corsica
Juilly
Paris
Atlantic
U.S
Elizabeth Patterson
William Patterson
Elizabeth
John Carroll
Apoleon
Europe
Lisbon
Pius VII
England
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Camberwell
Maryland
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Bonaparte Fami
Mander
Kingdom of
Westphalia
Prussia
Brunswick
Konig Lustig
Napoleon III
France
Senate
Catherine of Wurtemberg
Catherine
Herusband
Josephine
Marie Louise
Les Invalides
Jérome Napoleon
Harvard
Jerome Napoleon
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
Susan May Williams
Charles Joseph
West Point
Pride's Crossing
Mass
Caroline Leroy Aplaten
Edgar
Louise
Adam
Count von Moltke-Huitfeld
Jerome Napoleon Charles
Blanche Pierce
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard Law School
Reform League
Organization Society
Navy