Who is Jean-Christophe Napoléon, the heir of the emperor who claims the throne

This Wednesday, May 5, they were filled 200 years of death of Napoleon Bonaparte, on the island of Sainte-Hélène and in France, a series of commemorative events took place. However, there was no festive air, as he is a controversial historical figure. His descendant Jean-Christophe Napoleón was present at the tributes, with the French president Emmanuel Macron, who described the emperor as “a part of us”.

The dynastic heir, who holds the title of Prince Napoleon, 34, is married and works in an investment bank in London, UK. He studied at the prestigious business school HEC Paris and in the Harvard University, in the USA. He speaks three languages: Spanish, English and French.

According to the magazine After the castingAlthough the monarchy in France ended in 1870, the heir to the throne is one of three people who continue to claim it. It is up to different families to defend their legitimacy in the unlikely event that the monarchy is reestablished in France.

The first is Luis Alfonso de Borbón, son of Carmen Martínez-Bordiú and great-grandson of Alfonso XIII, who represents the so-called legitimacy. The second, Jean from Orleans, head of the house of Orleans and son of Prince Henry, Duke of France. For his part, Jean-Christophe is the Bonapartist representative.

The young man is a direct descendant of Jerome I Bonaparte, King of Westphalia and younger brother of the French Emperor. It was born from the relationship of Charles Napoleon and his first wife, Beatriz de Borbón-Dos Sicilias. Through his father, he is the heir to the Bonapartes and, through his mother, descendant of Louis XIV, King of France.

Prince Napoleon obtained his title by will from his grandfather, after the man disinherited his father Carlos for divorcing Beatriz.

Jean-Christophe it is usually not shown at public events, unless they concern the history of your family, such as the Mass at Les Invalides, in Paris, or the ceremony organized in 2015 to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.

In 2019, contrajo matrimonio con Olympia from and to Arco-Zinneberg, countess and great-granddaughter of the last Austrian emperor and descendant of Maria Luisa of Austria, which, precisely, was Napoleon’s wife.

“When I met Olympia, I noticed his eyes and not his family tree. We laugh at this coincidence between our families ”, he confided in an interview with Le Figaro.

Their wedding took place at the Chateau de Fontainebleau and was attended by members of European royalty, such as Beatrice of York and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi O Pablo from Greece And your daughter Olympia. The bride stood out with an Oscar de la Renta design.

Before marriage, the bride’s engagement ring was stolen. The wedding ring had a 40-carat diamond, which was part of a tiara of Empress Eugenia (Eugenia de Montijo), wife of French Emperor Napoleon III.

For this reason, the couple made the headlines of the French media. Fortunately, the police managed to recover the jewel.

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