Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
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| Head of the House of Bonaparte | |||||
| Period | 3 May 1997 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Louis, Prince Napoléon | ||||
| Heir Presumptive | Prince Jérôme Napoléon | ||||
| Born | 11 July 1986 Saint-Raphaël, Var, France |
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| House | Bonaparte | ||||
| Father | Prince Charles Napoléon | ||||
| Mother | Princess Beatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon[1] (Jean Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon; born 11 July 1986) is, in the views of some monarchists, head of the former Imperial House of France and heir of the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Family background
Prince Jean-Christophe was born in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France. He is the son of Prince Charles Napoléon and his first wife Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Castro, a claimant to headship of the former Royal House of the Two Sicilies.[1] His parents divorced on 2 May 1989, two months before Jean-Christophe's 3rd birthday.
Jean-Christophe is the great-great-great-great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of France (who has no legitimate, direct descendants) through the emperor's younger brother, Jérôme, King of Westphalia. Through his mother he is a descendant of King Louis XV of France and through his great-grandmother, Princess Clémentine of Belgium he descends from Louis Philippe I, King of the French, who was the last king to rule France, although Emperor Napoleon III would serve as its last monarch to date.
Prince Napoléon
Jean-Christophe's grandfather, Louis, Prince Napoléon, died in 1997, stipulating in his will that he wished his 11-year-old grandson Jean-Christophe to succeed him as Head of the Imperial House of France rather than the boy's father, Charles, who had embraced republican principles and remarried without his father's authorization.[2] Despite the dynastic dispute, Jean-Christophe's father has stated that "there will never be conflict" between him and his son over the imperial succession.[3]
Education and career
Jean-Christophe studied at Lycée Saint Dominique, Neuilly-sur-Seine, from 2001 to 2004, obtaining a baccalauréat with honours in the sciences and mathematics. From 2004 to 2006 he studied economics and mathematics at the Institut Privé de Préparation aux Études Supérieures (IPESUP) in Paris. Jean-Christophe matriculated at the HEC School of Management in Paris, graduating with an MSc in management.[4]
Jean-Christophe has worked and lived in New York City as an investment banking analyst for Morgan Stanley and in London as a private equity associate for Advent International.[4] He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.[4]
He is currently enrolled as a first year at Harvard Business School in the Class of 2017.
Titles, styles and honours
Titles
- 11 July 1986 – 3 May 1997: His Imperial Highness Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon
- 3 May 1997 – present: His Imperial Highness Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
Honours
National dynastic honours
House of Bonaparte: Sovereign of the Order of the Reunion- House of Bonaparte: Sovereign of the Order of the Iron Crown
Foreign honours
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Deputy President Bailiff Knight Grand Cross with Collar of Justice of the Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[5][6]
Awards
Ancestry
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 437, 442 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
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External links
- Website of the Mexico-France Napoleonic Institute (In French and Spanish)
- Fondation Napoléon
- Renouveau Bonapartiste
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| Preceded by | — TITULAR — Emperor of the French 3 May 1997 – present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1870 |
Incumbent Heir: Prince Jérôme Napoléon |
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