Louis-Lucien Bonaparte

French politician
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Quick Facts
Born:
Jan. 4, 1813, Thorngrove, Worcestershire, Eng.
Died:
Nov. 3, 1891, Fano, Italy (aged 78)
House / Dynasty:
Bonaparte family

Louis-Lucien Bonaparte (born Jan. 4, 1813, Thorngrove, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Nov. 3, 1891, Fano, Italy) was a philologist, politician, and the third son of Napoleon’s second surviving brother, Lucien Bonaparte.

He passed his youth in Italy and did not go to France until 1848, when he served two brief terms in the Assembly as representative for Corsica (1848) and for the Seine (1849). He played no direct part in the coup d’etat of Dec. 2, 1851, of his cousin Napoleon III. Although he was named senator and prince, he took only a small part in politics. He devoted himself to the study of English dialects. He also published some notable works on the Basque language and on Albanian. His rich personal library was acquired by the Newberry Library, Chicago, in 1910.

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