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Corsican family of Italian origin that gave rise to the Napoleonic dynasty: see Napoleon I, Napoleon II, and Napoleon III. Others were the brothers and sister of Napoleon I:

Joseph (1768–1844) whom Napoleon made king of Naples in 1806 and of Spain in 1808;

Lucien (1775–1840) whose handling of the Council of Five Hundred on 10 November 1799 ensured Napoleon's future;

Louis (1778–1846) the father of Napoleon III, who was made king of Holland 1806–10; also called (from 1810) comte de Saint Leu;

Caroline (1782–1839) who married Joachim Murat in 1800; full name Maria Annunciata Caroline;

Jerome (1784–1860) made king of Westphalia in 1807.

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