18-19th Cent. Carolina Bonaparte, Queen Consort of Naples.

Maria Annunziata Carolina Bonaparte was born on 25 March 1782, in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. She was the daughter of Maria Letizia Ramolino (24 August 1750 - 2 February 1836) and Carlo Maria Buonaparte (29 March 1746 - 24 February 1785). Her maternal grandparents were Nobile Angela Maria Pietrasanta and Nobile Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino. Her paternal grandparents were Nobile Maria Saveria Paravisini and Nobile Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte. Carolina's parents were married on 2 June 1764, in Ajaccio, Corsica. Her siblings included: Napoleone Bonaparte (1764-1765), Maria Anna Bonaparte (1767-1768), Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Maria Anna Bonaparte (1770-1771), Lucien Bonaparte (1775-1840), Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820), Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), Marie Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) and Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860). Her father, Carlo Buonaparte died on 24 February 1785, in Montpellier. In June 1793, Carolina escaped with her family in the middle of the night after a quarrel with Paoli, the Mayor of Corsica. Her brother, Napoléon Bonaparte married Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie (1763-1814) on 9 March 1796. Carolina was educated at the school of Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan (1752-1822) at St. Germaine with Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837). Madame Campan was the former Lady in Waiting to Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of France and Navarre (1755-1793). Her sister, Pauline Bonaparte married Victor Emanuel Leclerc (1772-1802) on 14 June 1797. Carolina Bonaparte married Joachim Murat (25 March 1767 - 13 October 1815) civily on 20 January 1800, before they were married religiously on 4 January 1802, in Paris. He was the son of Jeanne Loubières (1722-1806) and Pierre Murat-Jordy. 

The Children of Carolina Bonaparte and Joachim Murat:
Prince Achille Charles Louis Napoléon Murat (21 January 1801 - 15 April 1847) Married Catherine Daingerfield Willis in 1826.
Princess Marie Letizia Josephine Annonciade Murat (26 April 1802 - 12 March 1859) Married Guido Taddeo Marchese Pepoli, Conte di Castiglione in 1823.
Prince Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon Murat (16 May 1803 - 10 April 1878) Married Caroline Georgina Fraser in 1831.
Princess Louise Julie Caroline Murat (21 March 1805 - 1 December 1889) Married Giulio Conte Rasponi in 1825.

Her brother, Louis Napoléon Bonaparte married Hortense de Beauharnais on 4 January 1802. Her mother-in-law, Jeanne Loubières died on 11 March 1806. Carolina Bonaparte became Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, and her husband Joachim Murat, Grand Duke, on 15 March 1806. Carolina Bonaparte became Queen Consort of Naples and her husband Joachim Murat, King, on 1 August 1808. Napoléon Bonaparte divorced Josephine de Beauharnais on 10 January 1810. Napoléon Bonaparte married his second wife, Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria (1791-1847) on 1 April 1810, at the Louvre. In April 1814, Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated. He was then exiled to Elba. Her husband, Joachim Murat was executed on 13 October 1815, by a firing squad at the Castello di Pizzo, in Calabria. Napoléon Bonaparte died on 5 May 1821, at Longwood, Saint Helena. Her daughter, Maria Letizia Murat married Guido Taddeo Marchese Pepoli, Conte di Castiglione on 27 October 1823. Her daughter, Louise Murat married Giulio Conte Rasponi on 25 October 1825. Her son, Achille Murat married Catherine Daingerfield Willis on 12 July 1826. Her son, Lucien Murat married Caroline Georgina Fraser on 18 August 1831. Carolina Bonaparte died aged 57, on 18 May 1839, in Florence, Italy.