 He is the paternal uncle of the current claimant to the headship of the Bonaparte family, Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon "(Napoléon VIII Jean-Christophe)".His godfather was Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma.Prince Jérôme was married on 2 September 2013 to Licia Innocenti (b. Baden, Aargau, 1965) in Vandœuvres, Geneva.