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Jean-Christophe
Prince Napoléon
Head of the House of Bonaparte
Period3 May 1997 – present
PredecessorLouis, Prince Napoléon
Heir PresumptivePrince Jérôme Napoléon
Born (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 38)
Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
Names
Jean-Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon
HouseBonaparte
FatherPrince Charles Napoléon
MotherPrincess Beatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Template:French Imperial Family Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon[1] (Jean Christophe Louis Ferdinand Albéric Napoléon; born 11 July 1986) is, in the views of some monarchists, head of the former Imperial House of France and heir of the legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Family background

Prince Jean-Christophe was born in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France. He is the son of Prince Charles Napoléon and his first wife Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Castro, a claimant to headship of the former Royal House of the Two Sicilies.[1] His parents divorced on 2 May 1989, two months before Jean-Christophe's 3rd birthday.

Jean-Christophe is the great-great-great-great-nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of France (who has no legitimate, direct descendants) through the emperor's younger brother, Jérôme, King of Westphalia. Through his mother he is a descendant of King Louis XV of France and through his great-grandmother, Princess Clémentine of Belgium he descends from Louis Philippe I, King of the French, who was the last king to rule France, although Emperor Napoleon III would serve as its last monarch to date.

Prince Napoléon

Jean-Christophe's grandfather, Louis, Prince Napoléon, died in 1997, stipulating in his will that he wished his 11-year-old grandson Jean-Christophe to succeed him as Head of the Imperial House of France rather than the boy's father, Charles, who had embraced republican principles and re-married without his father's authorization.[2] Despite the dynastic dispute, Jean-Christophe's father has stated that "there will never be conflict" between him and his son over the imperial succession.[3]

Education and career

Jean-Christophe studied at Lycée Saint Dominique, Neuilly-sur-Seine, from 2001 to 2004, obtaining a baccalauréat with honours in the sciences and mathematics. From 2004 to 2006 he studied economics and mathematics at the Institut Privé de Préparation aux Études Supérieures (IPESUP) in Paris. Jean-Christophe matriculated at the HEC School of Management in Paris, graduating with an MSc in management.[4]

Jean-Christophe has worked and lived in New York City as an investment banking analyst for Morgan Stanley and in London as a private equity associate for Advent International.[4] He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.[4]

He is currently enrolled as a first year at Harvard Business School in the Class of 2017.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

  • 11 July 1986 – 3 May 1997: His Imperial Highness Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon
  • 3 May 1997 – present: His Imperial Highness Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon

Honours

National dynastic honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Ancestry

Family of Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
16. Napoléon-Joseph, Prince Napoléon
8. Victor, Prince Napoléon
17. Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy
4. Louis, Prince Napoléon
18. Leopold II of Belgium
9. Princess Clementine of Belgium
19. Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria
2. Charles Napoléon, Prince Imperial
20. Henri de Foresta, Marquis de La Roquette
10. Albéric, Count de Foresta
21. Thérèse de Bonet d'Oleon
5. Alix de Foresta
22. Pierre Frédet
11. Geneviève Frédet
23. Heléne Bonnet
1. Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
24. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
12. Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
25. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
6. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
26. Count Andrzej Przemysław Zamoyski
13. Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
27. Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
3. Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
28. Charles Albert de Chevron-Villette
14. Count Pierre Joseph de Chevron-Villette
29. Louise Fromentin de Saint Charles
7. Chantal de Chevron-Villette
30. Alphonse, Marquis de Colbert-Cannet
15. Marie de Colbert-Cannet
31. Anne Marie Brossier de La Roullière

References

  1. ^ a b de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 437, 442 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  2. ^ Herbert, Susannah (12 March 1997). "Father and son in battle for the Napoléonic succession". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
  3. ^ F. Billaut (16 December 1997). "Guerre de succession chez les Napoléon". Point de Vue: 18–19.
  4. ^ a b c Jean-Christophe Napoléon. Linkedin profile. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/members-of-the-sacred-military-constantinian-order-of-saint-george/
  6. ^ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/royal-deputation-appointments/
  7. ^ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/city-of-london-banquet-in-honour-of-hih-the-prince-napoleon-wednesday-25-november-2015/
  8. ^ http://www.luxarazzi.com/2015/11/louis-and-tessy-attend-ball-for-prince.html?m=1
Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon
Born: 11 July 1986
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Emperor of the French
3 May 1997 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1870 		Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Jérôme Napoléon
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