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| Date of birth | 24 August 1750 Ajaccio Maria Letizia Ramolino | ||||
| Date of death | 2 February 1836 Rome | ||||
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Maria Letizia Bonaparte née Ramolino(Marie-Lætitia Ramolino, Madame Mère de l'Empereur) (24 August 1750 – 2 February 1836) was the mother of Napoleon I of France. She was married to attorney Carlo Buonaparte and gave birth to 13 children, eight of whom survived infancy. Most of her surviving children were made monarchs by Napoleon:
- Napoleone Buonaparte (1764/1765 – 17 August 1765)
- Maria Anna Buonaparte (3 January 1767 – 1 January 1768)
- Joseph Bonaparte (7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844)
- Napoleon I of France (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), Emperor of the French and namesake of his deceased older brother
- Maria Anna Buonaparte (1770), namesake of her deceased older sister
- Maria Anna Buonaparte (14 July – 23 November 1771), namesake of her deceased older sisters
- A stillborn son
- Lucien Bonaparte (21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840), Prince of Canino
- Elisa Bonaparte (13 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Louis Bonaparte (2 September 1779 – 25 July 1844), King of Holland
- Pauline Bonaparte (20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825), Sovereign Princess and Duchess of Guastalla
- Caroline Bonaparte (24 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), Grand Duchess of Berg and Cleves, wife of Joachim Murat, later queen consort of Naples
- Jérôme Bonaparte (15 November 1784 - 24 June 1860), King of Westphalia.
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Madame Mère painted by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1811
Letizia Bonaparte, painted by Robert Lefèvre
