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He was born Roland Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica. He served with the French navy before going to the United States where he married Elizabeth Patterson ( 1785- 1879), daughter of a Baltimore merchant. Napoleon annulled their marriage but a son, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Camberwell, Surrey, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England.
Made King of WestphaliaWestphalia (in German, Westfalen is a (historic) region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Munster, Bielefeld, and Osnabruck and now included in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia (and the (south-)west of Lower Saxony). Westphalia is rou, the short-lived realm created from the states of western GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east ( 1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress- 18131813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 17 Through a newspaper, the Prussian king Frederick William III of Prussia calls for resistance against the Napoleonic occupation April 27 War of 1812: Battle of York), which went bankrupt in 1811Events February 5 George, Prince of Wales becomes Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. He is known as the Prince Regent. This is the beginning of the period known as the English Regency. March 1 Eg, Jérôme married the second time to Catharina of WürttembergCatharina Frederica von Wurttemberg ( February 21, 1783 November 29, 1835) was the second wife of Jerome Bonaparte. Catharina was born in St. Petersburg, Russia to King Friedrich I von Wurttemberg and Princess Auguste Caroline Friederike Luise von Braunsc, with whom he had a another son, Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul BonaparteNapoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ( Trieste, Italy, September 9 1822- Rome, Italy March 17 1891) was the son of Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Wurttemberg. Known as Prince Napoleon or more commonly "Plon-Plon", he married Marie Clothilde, daughter, (1822-1891) also known as "Prince Napoleon" or "Plon-Plon". Their second child, a daughter, the Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, was prominent during and after the Second French Empire as a hostess. After his own kingdom was dissolved, he was granted the title of Prince of Montfort by the King of Württemberg.
After Emperor Napoleon's exile, Jérôme moved to Italy where he married Giustina Pecori-Suárez, the widow of an Italian nobleman.
When his nephew, Prince Louis Napoleon, became President of France in 1848, Jérôme was made governor of Les Invalides, Paris, the burial place of his famous elder brother Napoleon I of France. He later became marshal of France and president of the Senate in his nephew's regime, and was confirmed in the title of prince français.
Jérôme Bonaparte died on June 24, 1860 at Villegenis, France (today Massy in Essonne). He is buried in Les Invalides, Paris.