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Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples by Jean-Baptiste Wicar. On 30 March 1806 Napoleon issued a decree installing Joseph Bonaparte as King of Naples and Sicily; the decree said as follows: "Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the constitutions.
Joseph Bonaparte was a lawyer, diplomat, soldier, and Napoleon I’s eldest surviving brother, who was successively king of Naples (1806–08) and king of Spain (1808–13). Like his brothers, Joseph embraced the French republican cause and, with the victory of Corsican patriot Pasquale Paoli, was forced.
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In 1806, Joseph Bonaparte was made the king of Naples by Napoleon after he expelled the ruling Bourbons from the land. Joseph introduced various reforms in the education and finance sectors in the backward and misgoverned state of Naples.
Jan 28, 2015 · For what Napoleon really looked like, perhaps we should listen to the member of his family who knew him best. According to Joseph Bonaparte’s friend Nicholas Biddle, Joseph said “the best likeness” of his famous brother was a miniature portrait that he had in his possession in the United States.
Feb 1, 2024 · Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, was a diplomat and lawyer from France who served as the king of Naples and Sicily from 1806 to 1808, and later as the king of Spain from 1808 to 1813.
May 29, 2018 · Bonaparte, Joseph (1768–1844) King of Spain (1808–13), b. Corsica. He was the eldest brother of Napoleon I. He participated in the Italian campaign (1797) and later served as diplomat for the First Republic of France. Napoleon made him king of Naples (1806).
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Born in Ajaccio, 7 January, 1768, he was the eldest son of Charles Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. Initially destined for the Law, Joseph was forced by the exile of the Bonapartes from Corsica, after the rift with Paoli, to return to Provence.
