Princess Mathilde

Mathilde Bonaparte, (May 27, 1820 – January 2, 1904), was a daughter of Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte and his second wife Catharina of Württemberg. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... Jérôme Bonaparte (November 15, 1784 - June 24, 1860) was the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon I of France. ... Catharina Frederica von Württemberg (February 21, 1783 - November 29, 1835) was the second wife of Jerome Bonaparte. ...

Born in Trieste, Italy, Mathilde was raised in Florence and Rome. She married the Russian Prince, Anatole Demidoff di San Donato on November 1, 1840 in Florence. Anatole was raised to the station of Prince by the Grand Duke of Tuscany shortly before the wedding to fulfill the wishes of Mathilde's father and to preserve Mathilde's station as Princess. Anatole's princely title was never recognised in Russia. They had no children. For Auguste Piccards deep-sea submersible Trieste, see Bathyscaphe Trieste. ... Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ... Coat of arms of Prince Anatole Demidoff. ...

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The marriage between these two strong and prominent personalities was stormy. Prince Demidoff insisted on keeping his mistress, Valentine de St. Aldegonde, that, of course, was fiercely resisted by Mathilde. In the end, Mathilde fled the household for Paris with her new lover and with Anatole's jewellery. The jewellery constituted the dowry that Anatole was forced to bankroll for his father-in-law so formed the property of Anatole. Nonetheless, the terms of the separation announced by the Tribunal in Petersburg forced Anatole to pay annual alimony of 200,000 French francs. Anatole vigorously pursued the return of his property that led Mathilde and her strong circle of literary friends to mount highly personal and unfair counter-attacks using the public media. In the end, Anatole's descendants never recovered Anatole's property since Mathilde's last'-will-and-testament was altered towards the end of her life. Image File history File links MathildeBonaparte. ... Image File history File links MathildeBonaparte. ...

Princess Mathilde lived in a mansion in Paris, France where she was a prominent member of the new aristocracy during and after the Second French Empire as a hostess to men of arts and letters. Referring to her uncle Napoleon I, she once told Marcel Proust that: "If it weren't for him, I'd be selling oranges in the streets of Ajaccio." The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Marcel-Valentin-Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time (in French À la recherche du temps perdu, also translated previously as Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work... Location within France Ajaccio (French: Ajaccio; Corsican: Aiacciu) is a city (commune) of France. ...

Throughout her time in France, she maintained ties with the Imperial court in St. Petersburg however, following the death of Prince Demidoff in 1870, she married the artist and poet, Claudius Marcel Popelin (1825-1892). Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...

She died in Paris in 1904 at the age of 83.

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