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Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844)

King of Naples, later King of Spain

Arms of Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844)

Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, he was born Giuseppe Buonaparte on January 7, 1768 in Corte, Corsica.

He became King of Naples and Sicily from 1806 to 1808, then King of Spain as José I from 1808 to 1813.

He died on July 28, 1844 in Florence  Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

"Joseph Bonaparte", by Joseph-Bernard Flaugier (Martigues 1757 - Barcelone 1813).

"Joseph Bonaparte", by Joseph-Bernard Flaugier (Martigues 1757 - Barcelone 1813).

His tomb  Tomb of Joseph Bonaparte, is in the Dome Church in the Hôtel des Invalides  Les Invalides, Paris located in Paris' seventh arrondissement.

Other portraits

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"Joseph Bonaparte", by Luigi Toro (Caserta 1836 - ? 1900).
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"Joseph Bonaparte, king of Spain", by François Pascal Simon Gérard (Rome 1770 - Paris 1837).
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"Joseph Bonaparte", painted in 1800 by Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar (Lille 1762 - Rome 1834).
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"King Joseph at Pointe Breeze", by Innocent Louis Goubaud (1780-1847).
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"Joseph Bonaparte", XIXth century lithography.
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"The count of Survilliers", painted circa 1824 by Charles Willson-Peale (Chester, MD 1741 - Philadelphie, PA 1827)