JOSEPH BONAPARTE
(Giuseppe di Buonaparte | Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte)
Given the Spanish crown by Napoleon, Joseph, whose mission was to modernize Spain according to French ideals, at times felt unsupported and useless amidst the medieval and traditional culture of Spain.
Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, Italian: ; Corsican: Ghjuseppe Napulione Bonaparte; Spanish: José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the Napoleonic Wars, the latter made him King of Naples (1806–1808), and then King of Spain (1808–1813). After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers and emigrated to the United States, where he settled near Bordentown, New Jersey, on an estate overlooking the Delaware River not far from Philadelphia.
