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She was the daughter of ''[[count|Comte]]'' Marie Joseph Albéric de Foresta de [[:fr:Famille de Foresta|Foresta]] (1895-1987) and his wife, Geneviève Yvonne Berthe Hélène Fredet (1904-1994).<ref>https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00048462&tree=LEO<7ref> Although she was the only consort of the surviving Imperial line not born a princess, her family had been nobles in [[Lombardy]] since the 13th century, becoming [[count palatine|counts palatine]] in 1330, [[constable]]s of Venice in 1425, then [[retainer (medieval)|retainer]]s of the powerful [[Doria (family)|Doria]] family in [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]]. They settled in [[Provence]], France early in the 16th century, where they acquired twenty-two [[Manorialism|manor]]s and the title of [[marquis]] by 1651.{{CN|date=December 2021}} The Forestas distinguished themselves during the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|French Restoration]] as [[courtier]]s loyal to the [[House of Bourbon]], and to [[Henri, Count of Chambord|Henri, comte de Chambord]] in particular.{{CN|date=December 2021}} Long established as [[squire]]s of large estates and rice [[Paddy field|paddies]] in the [[Camargue]], the Forestas often welcomed Charles and his siblings there while they were growing up.<ref>{{cite book| last = Valynseele| first = Joseph| title = Les Prétendants aux Trônes d'Europe| year = 1967| location = Paris | language = French| page = 249}}</ref> |
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In 1961, about "200 girls from the United States and other countries" paraded "through the halls of the Palace of Versailles...to curtsey before Princess Alix Napoleon, wife of the great-grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte."<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2DNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6843,3283685&dq=alix+princess+napoleon&hl=en Girls Await Top-Paris Society Ball]," ''The Spokesman-Review'' 79.42 (25 June 1961): 2.</ref> |
In 1961, about "200 girls from the United States and other countries" paraded "through the halls of the Palace of Versailles...to curtsey before Princess Alix Napoleon, wife of the great-grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte."<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2DNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6843,3283685&dq=alix+princess+napoleon&hl=en Girls Await Top-Paris Society Ball]," ''The Spokesman-Review'' 79.42 (25 June 1961): 2.</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:02, 17 September 2024
| Alix | |
|---|---|
| Dowager Princess Napoléon | |
| Born | 4 April 1926 |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Charles, Prince Napoléon Princess Catherine Princess Laure Prince Jérôme |
| House | Foresta |
| Father | Albéric, Count de Foresta |
| Mother | Geneviève Fredet |
Alix, Dowager Princess Napoléon (née de Foresta; born 4 April 1926) is the widow of Louis, Prince Napoléon, the disputed head of the House of Bonaparte, and pretender to the Imperial throne of France from their marriage in 1949 until his death in 1997. Bonapartists regarded her as "Empress of the French" for almost fifty years of the 20th century.
Life
She was the daughter of Comte Marie Joseph Albéric de Foresta de Foresta (1895-1987) and his wife, Geneviève Yvonne Berthe Hélène Fredet (1904-1994).Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
In 1961, about "200 girls from the United States and other countries" paraded "through the halls of the Palace of Versailles...to curtsey before Princess Alix Napoleon, wife of the great-grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte."[1]
In 1976, she went to the Iranian Embassy for the Shah's birthday, being described at that time in the press as "one of the two most royal ladies of France -- Princess Napoleon Bonaparte, the elegant, lovely-looking Alix..."[2]
She was an honorary member of The Napoleonic Society of America (1983–2006), which later merged with The Napoleonic Alliance to form The Napoleonic Historical Society in 2006. More recently, she also gave Havana's Napoleonic Museum "part of a porcelain dinner service presented by Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother Jerome on his wedding day."[3]
Marriage and issue
Louis, Prince Napoléon married Alix de Foresta on 16 August 1949 at Linières-Bouton, France. They had four children:[4]
- Prince Charles Marie Jérôme Victor (b. 19 October 1950) who claims headship of the House of Bonaparte and the title, "Le Prince Napoléon".
- Princess Catherine Elisabeth Albérique Marie (b. 19 October 1950), who wed firstly on 4 June 1974, Nicolò San Martino d'Agliè dei marchesi di Fontaneto e San Germano (b. 3 July 1948) in Prangins, Switzerland, and divorced in 1982 without issue. She wed secondly on 22 October 1982, Jean-Claude Dualé (3 November 1936 in Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia – 2017) in Paris, France, and had two children:
- Charlotte Laure Laëtitia Dualé (b. 13 October 1982)
- Marion Josée Alix Dualé (b. 29 March 1985)
- Princess Laure Clémentine Geneviève Bonaparte (b. 8 October 1952 in Paris) married on 23 December 1982, Jean-Claude Lecomte (15 March 1948 in Ax-les-Thermes, France – 2009) and had a son:
- Clément Louis Lecomte (b. 7 July 1995)
- Prince Jérôme Xavier Marie Joseph Victor (b. 14 January 1957) married on 2 September 2013, Licia Innocenti (b. 27 April 1965 in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland)
References
- ^ "Girls Await Top-Paris Society Ball," The Spokesman-Review 79.42 (25 June 1961): 2.
- ^ "Watergate Prosecutor Comments," The Victoria Advocate 131.184 (7 November 1976): 3D.
- ^ "Princess Alix de Foresta Attends Reopening of Havana’s Napoleonic Museum," Cuba Daily News (03 / 31 / 2011).
- ^ Nicolas Enache. La Descendance de Marie-Thérèse de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Bohéme. Paris, 1999. ISBN 2-908003-04-X pp. 200, 210
