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  Letizia Ramolino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Letizia Bonaparte nèe Ramolino (Marie-Lætitia Ramolino) (24 August 1750, Ajaccio 2 February 1836, Rome) was the mother of Napoleon I of France.
She was born to Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino (April 13, 1723-1755) and Angela Maria Pietrasanta (c.
The Ramolinos were a family of mediocre rank of nobility in the Republic of Genoa.
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In 1764 he married Letizia Ramolino, a beautiful and high-spirited girl, aged fourteen, descended from a well-connected family domiciled in Corsica since the middle of the 15th century.
The latter was born in the midst of the troubles consequent on the French conquest, Letizia having recently accompanied her husband in several journeys and escapes.
Letizia lived to witness the glory and the downfall of her great son, surviving Napoleon I. by sixteen years.
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 The birth of Napoleon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Ramolino claimed that the founder of their line in Ajaccio was one Gabriele, a Florentine noble, officer in the guard of Charles V of Naples and son of Abramo, count of Coll'Alto of Venice.
The Ramolino did not belong to that category of the population which settled its differences with a shot in the back fired from behind a rock in the maquis; among urban notables the approved weapon of retaliation was the law.
Letizia's contemporaries, including her lady-in-waiting, Laure d'Abrantes, recall that she often spoke of the hardships of crossing the mountains, and Napoleon remembered hearing her say that she had been prepared to give birth to him in a cave.
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In 1793, Letizia and her younger children had to flee the island and find refuge in mainland France, first in Toulon and later in Marseille, because Letizia and her elder sons refused to take part in the uprising against French authority.
Letizia was first buried in Italy, but in 1851, her grandson, who was soon to become Emperor Napoleon III, ordered that her remains be transferred to Ajaccio in Corsica.
Letizia gave it to her son Napoleon so that he might find a suitable place in the Tuileries, an offer he declined.
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 Chronology of Corsica/Bonaparte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Giovan' Geronimo Ramolino (father of Letizia) appointed commander of forces in Ajaccio.
Giovan' Geronimo Ramolino appointed chancellor of jurisdiction of Bocognano.
Letizia shines at reception of Tunisian envoy (spring).
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 Slashdoc - Napolean
His parents were Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.
They got married when Carlo was 18 and Letizia was 14, this was in 1764.
Letizia was the one who was always putting food on the table, Carlo was way to lazy.
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 thePeerage.com - Gundakar Albert Alfred Petrus Prinz von und zu Liechtenstein and others
     Maria Letizia Ramolino was born in 1749/50 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
She married, secondly, Napoleon I Bonaparte, Empereur des Français, son of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, on 9 March 1796 in Paris, France.
She married Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, son of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, on 4 January 1802.
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She married Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain, son of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, on 1 August 1794 in Cuges.
She married Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, son of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, on 4 May 1794 in Saint-Maximin.
She married Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, son of Carlo Maria Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino, on 25 May 1803 in Paris, France.
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 napoleonthemusical.com page welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
NAPOLEON was born in the year 1769, the third son of Carlo Maria Buonaparte, an honest notary public of the city of Ajaccio in the island of Corsica, and his good wife, Letizia Ramolino.
He kept a civil tongue to his mother, but Letizia had the air and manners of a great lady and after the fashion of Italian mothers, she knew how to rule her brood of children and command their respect.
For a few years he was fond of Josephine, his pretty Creole wife, who was the daughter of a French officer of Martinique and the widow of the Vicomte de Beauharnais, who had been executed by Robespierre when he lost a battle against the Prussians.
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He was the second child of Carlo Bonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino.
Letizia Ramolino, Napoleons mother, was born in 1750.
Napoleon Bonaparte Timeline: Napoleon Bonaparte is born in Corsica (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte was born of lower noble status in Ajaccio, Corsica on August 15, 1769.
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 His Life
Napoleon Buonaparte was born on August the 15th, 1769 in Corsica.
It is told, that he was born so quickly, that his mother, Letizia Ramolino didn't even have time to get to bed, she was returning from mass at Ajaccio.
He was the second son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and he was given the unusual name "Napoleon", because of the floormat on which he was born, this depicted the heroes of Homeros.
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Carlo and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte (later given the French spelling Bonaparte) lived in Corsica, an Italian island later bought by the French from the Italian city-state of Genoa.
Son of Carlo (Charles) Buonaparte (1746-1785) and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte(1750-1836).
Carlo was a lawyer who had fought for Corsican independence, but after the French occupied the island in 1768, he served as a prosecutor and judge and entered the French aristocracy as a count.
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Although he failed in his attempt, the aftershock of his reign can still be felt today.
On August 15, 1769, Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte (1750-1836), wife of Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), gave birth to Napoleone Buonaparte, in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Little did she know at the time that her son would grow up to become one of the world's greatest generals.
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 Napoleon
His father's family, of ancient Tuscan nobility, had emigrated to Corsica in the 16th century.
Carlo Buonaparte had married the beautiful and strong-willed Letizia when she was only 14 years old; they eventually had eight children to bring up in very difficult times.
The French occupation of their native country was resisted by a number of Corsicans led by Pasquale Paoli [26 Apr 1725 –; 05 Feb 1807].
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