Definition of: Bonaparte

(bō′nə·pärt)
Name of a prominent Corsican French family: Napoleon,
1769–1821, French military leader and conqueror 1795–1815, emperor of the French 1804–15, as Napoleon I; his brothers, Joseph,
1768–1844, king of Naples 1806, of Spain 1808; Louis,
1778–1846, king of Holland 1806; Lucien,
1775–1840, Prince de Canino; his son François Charles Joseph,
1811–32, Napoleon II, although he never ascended the throne: often called “l'Aiglon” (the Eaglet); his nephew Louis Napoleon,
1808–73, emperor of France 1852–71, as Napoleon III, deposed 1871. Also spelled Buo·na·par·te (bwô′nä·pär′tā).