Jean-Christophe Napoléon

Prince Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon (born July 11 1986) is a claimant to headship of the House of Bonaparte.

Jean-Christophe was born in Saint-Raphaël, Var the son of Prince Charles Napoléon and Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the daughter of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, a former claimant to the headship of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He is the great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoléon Bonaparte.

His grandfather, Prince Louis Napoléon, who died in 1997, stipulated in his will that he wished Jean-Christophe to be his successor. [cite web|last=Herbert|first=Susannah|title=Father and son in battle for the Napoléonic succession|date =12-03-1997|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/12/03/wnap03.html|accessdate = 2007-06-04] Despite the dynastic dispute, Prince Jean-Christophe's father Prince Charles has stated that "there will never be conflict" between him and his son over the imperial succession. [cite journal| author = F. Billaut| date = 16 December 1997| title = Guerre de succession chez les Napoléon| journal = Point de Vue| pages = 18–19]

Jean-Christophe has studied at the Paris-Sud 11 University and the HEC School of Management.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Jean-Christophe Napoléon
2= 2. Charles Napoléon
3= 3. Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
4= 4. Louis Napoléon
5= 5. Alix de Foresta
6= 6. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
7= 7. Chantal de Chevron-Villette
8= 8. Napoléon Victor Bonaparte
9= 9. Princess Clementine of Belgium
10= 10. Albéric de Foresta, Count of Foresta
11= 11. Geneviève Fredet
12= 12. Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
13= 13. Countess Carolina Zamoyska
14= 14. Pierre Joseph, Count of Chevron-Villette
15= 15. Marie de Colbert-Cannet
16= 16. Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte
17= 17. Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy
18= 18. Leopold II of Belgium
19= 19. Marie Henriette of Austria
20= 20. Henri de Foresta, Marquis of Foresta and La Roquette
21= 21. Thérèse de Bonet d'Oleon
22= 22. Pierre Fredet
23= 23. Heléne Bonnet
24= 24. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
25= 25. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
26= 26. Andrzej Zamoyski, Count Zamoyski
27= 27. Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
28= 28. Charles Albert de Chevron-Villette
29= 29. Louise Fromentin de Saint Charles
30= 30. Alphonse, Marquis of Colbert-Cannet
31= 31. Anne Marie Brossier de La Roullière

References

External links

* [http://inmf.org/famprincejeanchrist.htm Website of the Mexico-France Napoleonic Institute] (In French and Spanish)
* [http://www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp Fondation Napoléon]