Bonaparte, Napol�on Joseph Charles Paul, nicknamed Plon-Plon 1822-91
French politician

The son of J�r�me Bonaparte and nephew of Napoleon I. He was born in Trieste, Italy, and grew up in Italy. He entered military service in W�rttemberg (1837), and was expelled from France (1845) for republicanism. In 1848, having taken the name J�r�me on his elder brother's death, he was elected to the legislative national assembly. In 1851 he was named as the successor to Napoleon III. He fought in the Crimean War (1854), but was recalled by the emperor, and made Minister for the Colonies and Algeria (1858). In 1859 he married Princess Clotilda, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. After the fall of the Second Empire he took up residence in England, but returned to France (1872) and sat in the Chamber of Deputies. The death of the Prince Imperial (1879) made him head of the family, and in 1886, as pretender to the throne, he was exiled from France with his eldest son, Victor (1862-1926).