Laetitia Ramolino Buonaparte (c.1750–1836), Mother of Napoleon I

Image credit: The Bowes Museum

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This portrait is said to be an image of Napoleon's mother. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, the daughter of a French army captain, she married Charles Marie Bonaparte in 1764. Of her 12 children, five died in infancy; Napoleon was her fourth child. She was accorded official status as Madame Mère de l'Empereur (Her Highness the Imperial Mother), in 1804. A devout Catholic, she encouraged her son to seek reconciliation with the Church. Her half-brother Cardinal Fesch became Archbishop of Lyons. She supported the fallen Napoleon on Elba in 1814 but spent the last 18 years of her life in dignified retirement in Rome.

The Bowes Museum

Barnard Castle

Title

Laetitia Ramolino Buonaparte (c.1750–1836), Mother of Napoleon I

Date

early 19th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 26.2 x W 20 cm

Accession number

B.M.667

Acquisition method

bequeathed by the Founders, 1885

Work type

Painting

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