Christine Boyer
Christine Boyer | |
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 Miniature of portrait of Christine Boyer by Jean-Baptiste Isabey. | |
| Born | Catherine Christine Eléonore Boyer 3 July 1771 Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France |
| Died | 14 May 1800 (aged 28) Paris, France |
| Buried | Santi Apostoli Giovanni e Andrea, Canino |
| Noble family | Bonaparte (by marriage) |
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Catherine Christine Eléonore Boyer (3 July 1771 – 14 May 1800) was a member of the Bonaparte family as the first wife of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon.
Life
Born in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, Boyer was the daughter of Pierre André Boyer and Rosalie Fabre.[1] Other explain that she was the sister of an innkeeper with whom Lucien had lodged in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume.[2] Christine was illiterate, and unable to sign her own name.[3]
Lucien Bonaparte and Christine Boyer married on 4 May 1794.[4] The couple were married hastily, and without the consent of the Bonaparte family.[4] Lucien's brother Napoleon and their mother, Letizia, were displeased with the match.
Issue
The couple had four children, of whom two daughters had descendants.
- Filistine Charlotte (Saint-Maximin, 28 February 1795 – 1865, Rome); married first, 1815, Prince Mario Gabrielli. She married secondly, 1842, Cavaliere Settimio Centamori. She had eight children by her first husband.
- a son (1796–1796) :
- Victoire Gertrude (1797–1797) ;
- Christine Charlotte Alexandrine Égypta (Paris, 18 October 1798 – Rome, 1847); married first, 1818, Swedish Count Arvid Posse. This ended in divorce in 1824. She married secondly, 1824, Lord Dudley Stuart. She had one child, a son, by her second husband.[5][6]
Death
Boyer died in Paris, in childbirth.[2] She was buried in the Santi Apostoli Giovanni e Andrea cemetery in Canino, Lazio, Italy. According to other source, she fell gravely ill with a pulmonary disease and died at Château du Plessis-Chamant, near Paris, on 14 May, at age twenty-eight. She was pregnant; the unborn child died with her. She was buried in the park of Le Plessis and the devastated widower Lucien Bonaparte erected a monument of white marble to her memory.[7][6]
Bibliography
- Lucien Bonaparte à Saint-Maximin, Yacinthe Saint-German Leca
References
- ^ Macauley, James: «The Bonaparte Family», The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation, vol. 1200, 1874, p. 820–821.
- ^ a b "Bonaparte, Christine (1773–1800) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Selin, Shannon (2014-12-19). "Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon's Scandalous Brother". Shannon Selin. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ a b Selin, Shannon (2014-12-19). "Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon's Scandalous Brother". Shannon Selin. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "Catherine Christine Elenora Boyer". 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b Selin, Shannon (2022-12-16). "Christine-Egypta Bonaparte, Lady Dudley Stuart". Shannon Selin. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Simonetta, Marcello (2011): Napoleon and the rebel: a story of brotherhood, passion, and power. New York, Palgrave Macmillan. P. 64