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Yearning for the life of a European aristocrat, Elizabeth Patterson wed Jerome, Napoleon Bonaparte's youngest brother, after a whirlwind American courtship. The French emperor had different plans and broke up the marriage despite Elizabeth's pregnancy and the subsequent birth of a son.
22 de may. de 2012 · Appraising Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte's many identities—celebrity, aristocrat, independent woman, mother—Charlene M. Boyer Lewis is able to show how Madame Bonaparte, as she was known, exercised extraordinary social power at the center of the changing transatlantic world.
12 de nov. de 2023 · In the summer of 1803, Jérôme Bonaparte crossed paths with Elizabeth Patterson, the lovely daughter of a wealthy Baltimore merchant. Betsy, as she was called, was known for her beauty and wit. Elizabeth Patterson-Bonaparte. Triple portrait by Gilbert Stuart, in 1804. Betsy and Jerome, aged 19 and 18, fell deeply in love, and got married on ...
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was utterly extraordinary, and the people around her knew it. Although she came of age in a republic that lauded [End Page 373] dutiful daughters and virtuous wives, she transcended the constraints of conventional domesticity by defying her father to marry Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's dashing and somewhat unruly youngest brother.
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, detta Betsy (Baltimora, 6 febbraio 1785 – Baltimora, 4 aprile 1879), fu la prima moglie di Girolamo Bonaparte, fratello minore di Napoleone Bonaparte. Era la figlia di William Patterson, un ricco mercante del Maryland la cui famiglia, di religione cattolica giunse dall' Irlanda negli Stati Uniti d'America prima ancora della Rivoluzione Americana e di Dorca Spear.
From the publishers:Two centuries ago, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was one of the most famous women in America. Beautiful, scandalous, and outspoken, she had wed Napoleon's brother Jerome, borne his child, and seen the marriage annulled by the emperor himself. With her notorious behavior, dashing husband, and associations with European royalty, Elizabeth became one of America's …
1 de ene. de 2014 · Born in 1785, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte lived a life more typical of women one hundred years later. Though her father’s self-made American wealth could have supported her, a life-long feud with her father over her short, youthful marriage to Jerome Bonaparte (Napoleon’s brother,) an unrelenting desire to live in Europe, and the determination to live a dignified and independent life ...
