Alexandrine de Bleschamp
Alexandrine Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano was a French aristocrat and by marriage member of the French Imperial family.
Early life
Marie Laurence Charlotte Louise Alexandrine was born as the only child of Charles Joseph Jacob de Bleschamp and his wife, Marie Philiberte Jeanne Louise Bouvet. Her paternal grandparents were Nicolas Jacob de Bleschamp and his wife, Marguerite de Horgnes. Her maternal grandparents were Jean Charles Bouvet and his wife, Marie Gaspardine Grimod de Verneuil.Personal life
She was first married to the banker, Jean François Hippolyte Jouberthon de Vambertin, and thus known in society as Madame Jouberthon. They had one child, Anne, who was married firstly to Alfonso, Prince Hercolani and secondly to Maurycy, Prince Jablonowski. Alexandrine was already a widow when she became the second wife of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon I of France, in 1803.Issue
She and her first husband had a daughter:- Anne Jouberthon, who was married firstly to Alfonso, Prince Hercolani and secondly to Maurycy, Prince Jablonowski.
- Charles Lucien Bonaparte, the naturalist and ornithologist.
- Letizia Bonaparte, married Sir Thomas Wyse.
- Joseph Bonaparte.
- Jeanne Bonaparte, married Marquis Honoré Honorati.
- Paul Marie Bonaparte.
- Louis Lucien Bonaparte. A philologist and politician, expert on the Basque language.
- Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Antoine Bonaparte, married Marie-Anne Cardinali, without issue.
- Marie Alexandrine Bonaparte, married Vincenzo Valentini, Count di Laviano.
- Constance Bonaparte, a nun.