Talk:Charles Lucien Bonaparte

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Comment[edit]

According to 'The Birders Handbook' he was Napoleon's younger brother, not his nephew...

He was of course his nephew. However it is an idiocy to put the line of Princes of Canino as "Pretenders to the Imperial Throne of France". The Lucien Bonaparte (Canino) line was excluded form succession by both Napoleon I and Napoleon III and had no right to use the title of "Imperial Highnesses".--Alexvonf 09:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The author must have mixed him up with his father, Lucien Bonaparte. Their father Carlo died in 1785: 18 years before Charles Lucien was born. Napoléon’s and Lucien’s mother Maria was 53 by then. So she could not have been his mother ether.

2006-12-26 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Marriage and children[edit]

It is a pity this article don’t include anything about him getting a family of his own. A reader might wonder if he died unmarried and without any known children! According to the article Prince Canino Line he married his first cousin Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte. (About the credibility of that article I want to discuss it there.) With her he had twelve children but it does not say how many reached adulthood or even what gender they had. Anyone who happened to know?

2007-03-19 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Alright, the article really says that he was married to his first cousin Zénaïde. However, I still think it would be suitable with a list of his children. At least those which reached adulthood.

2009-03-10 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Participation in the defence of Rome?[edit]

In what way did he participate in the defence of Rome? I have hard to imagine a short, fat, middle-age scientist fighting. If he had been qualified as a soldier he would have had the same posture as three of his uncles: Joseph, Napoléon and Louis. (Or Giuseppe/José, Napoleone and Luigi/Ludwijk if you want.)

2007-08-11 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

nationality[edit]

Bonaparte was raised in Italy, married in Belgium, spent considerable time in the United States, and settled in Rome, where he not only was elected to office, but performed military service. He spent just the last seven years of his life living in France. It seems incongruous, if not disingenuous, to call him "French" with no qualification. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 21:23, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Grebe[edit]

It should be mentioned that the scientific name of the bird grebe is also named after him. 109.67.251.133 (talk) 06:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Explicitly state how he was related to the emperor Napoleon[edit]

It is presumably interesting to most non expert readers to know how he was related to the emperor Napoleon. It would be very natural to explicitly state that relation near the beginning of the article 109.67.251.133 (talk) 06:22, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage & children[edit]

In which species of fish do the males get pregnant? A. Moray Eel B. Seahorse C. Bat Ray Answer: 2600:6C5E:107F:F36C:E5EC:4F6B:E855:A252 (talk) 17:00, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]