A member of this noble family who married Marie Clotilde of Sardinia as part of a peace deal was nicknamed "Plon-Plon," and a man of this house who renamed himself Franz got the Duchy of Reichstadt as a reward for quitting politics.
A member of this noble family who married Marie Clotilde of Sardinia as part of a peace deal was nicknamed "Plon-Plon," and a man of this house who renamed himself Franz got the Duchy of Reichstadt as a reward for quitting politics. One member of this royal house was wedded in Baltimore to Betsy Patterson, an Irish-American socialite, after which he was refused passage back to Europe until he abandoned her. It changed its crest from a gules-and-or design to an azure crest displaying a gold eagle with lightning bolts at its feet and adapted one symbol from the golden bee artifacts unearthed from the tomb of Childeric. The paramour of Countess Walewska and the husband of Eugenie de Montijo were in this family, which controlled Westphalia under King Jerome. Its most powerful member struggled against Pasquale Paoli, established the Batavian Republic, and installed his brother Joseph in Spain. For 10 points, name this royal house of the First and Second French Empires.
A member of this noble family who married Marie Clotilde of Sardinia as part of a peace deal was nicknamed "Plon-Plon," and a man of this house who renamed himself Franz got the Duchy of Reichstadt as a reward for quitting politics.
House of Bonaparte [or Buonaparte]