Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte

• Name — Princess Charlotte • Title — Infanta of Spain • House — Bonaparte • Born — 31 October 1802 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 2 March 1839 • Place of death — Sarzana, Sardinia • Full Name — Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte • Burial Place — Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence • Father — Joseph Bonaparte • Mother — Julie Clary

After the fall of her uncle Emperor Napoleon in 1815, her father moved to America and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charlotte and her sister, however, stayed with their mother in Europe. They lived in Frankfurt and Brussels in 1815-1821, and then in Florence. She studied engraving and lithography in Paris with the artist Louis Léopold Robert, who is reputed to have fallen in love with her. Charlotte, known as the Countess de Survilliers, lived with her father at his Point Breeze estate in Bordentown, New Jersey, from December 1821 to August 1824. Charlotte married her first cousin Napoléon Louis, the second son of Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais, on 23 July 1826. She became a widow in 1831.

While in America, she sketched numerous landscapes including Passaic Falls, her father's estate at Point Breeze, the town of Lebanon, and others, some of which were engraved for the book "Picturesque American Scenes" by Joubert. Extant landscape drawings by her include Passaic Falls, a view near Tuckerton, and Schooley's Mountain. She also painted portraits (Cora Monges, 1822; Emilie Lacoste, 1823) and exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Charlotte reportedly died in childbirth. The father of her child was reportedly Count Potocki. Her tomb is in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, and it says (paraphrased): Born Oct. 31, 1802, died 1839.

• Illustration — King Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte • Illustration — The Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte by Jacques-Louis David, 1821 • Illustration — Charlotte Bonaparte's Tomb.

The authorities additionally record the headings Charlotte, Princess Bonaparte, Princess Charlotte Bonaparte, Charlotte Bonaparte, Charlotte Napoleone Bonaparte and Charlotte Napoléon Bonaparte. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Joseph Bonaparte and Julie Clary. She married Napoleon Louis Bonaparte.