Catharina (VonWurttemberg) Bonaparte (1783 - 1835)

Born 21 Feb 1783 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Girolamo Buonaparte — married 22 Aug 1807 in Royal Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1835 at age 52 in Lausanne, Switzerland

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Biography

Catharina was born in Saint Petersburg to the man who would become King Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. When the little girl was just five her mother passed away and her father married Charlotte, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of George III. Catharina and her siblings enjoyed a close relationship with their stepmother, who raised them as her own and supervised their education closely.

Her Father Frederick, the Duke of Würtemberg allied with Napoleon and hit on a surefire way to strengthen the bond between nations, offering his daughter's hand in marriage to Napoleon's brother, Jérôme Bonaparte. She was 24 when she became his second wife in a lavish ceremony at Fontainebleau, France, held on 22nd August 1807 and eventually they would have three children, all of whom survived into adulthood.

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Wikipedia Catharina of Württemberg

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