Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon

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

Ancestry

Ancestors 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 2 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
↑ Herbert, Susannah (12 March 1997). "Father and son in battle for the Napoléonic succession". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 4 June 2007.
↑ F. Billaut (16 December 1997). "Guerre de succession chez les Napoléon". Point de Vue: 18–19.
1 2 3 Jean-Christophe Napoléon. Linkedin profile. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/members-of-the-sacred-military-constantinian-order-of-saint-george/
↑ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/royal-deputation-appointments/
↑ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/city-of-london-banquet-in-honour-of-hih-the-prince-napoleon-wednesday-25-november-2015/
↑ http://www.luxarazzi.com/2015/11/louis-and-tessy-attend-ball-for-prince.html?m=1

External links

Website of the Mexico-France Napoleonic Institute (In French and Spanish)
Fondation Napoléon
Renouveau Bonapartiste

Titles in pretence
Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon House of Bonaparte Born: 11 July 1986
Preceded by Napoléon VI Louis	— TITULAR — Emperor of the French 3 May 1997 – present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1870	Incumbent Heir: Prince Jérôme Napoléon

Pretenders to the French throne since 1792

Monarchy in exile (1792–1815)	1792 Louis XVI 1793 Louis XVII 1795 Louis XVIII 1814 1815

Legitimist pretenders (1830–present)	1830 Charles X 1836 Louis XIX 1844 Henry V 1883 John III 1887 Charles XI 1909 Jacques I 1931 Charles XII 1936 Alphonse I 1941 Henry VI 1975 Alphonse II 1989 Louis XX present

Orléanist pretenders (1848–present)	1848 Louis Philippe I 1850 Philip VII (or Louis-Philippe II) 1894 Philip VIII 1926 John III 1940 Henry VI 1999 Henry VII present

Unionist succession (1830–present)	1830 Charles X 1836 Louis XIX 1844 Henry V 1883 Philip VII 1894 Philip VIII 1926 John III 1940 Henry VI 1999 Henry VII present

Bonapartist Prince Imperial (1814–present)	1814 1815 Napoléon I 1821 Napoléon II 1832 Joseph 1844 Louis 1846 Napoléon III (Emperor 1852–1870) 1873 Napoléon IV 1879 Napoléon V 1926 Napoléon VI 1997 Napoléon VII / Napoléon VIII present (disputed)

Bonapartist Prince Canino (1832–1924)	1832 Lucien I 1840 Charles 1857 Joseph 1865 Lucien II 1895 Napoléon Charles 1899 Roland 1924

Bonaparte family

1st generation	Joseph I of Spain Napoléon I Lucien, Prince of Canino and Musignano Elisa, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Louis I of Holland Pauline, Princess of Guastalla Caroline, Queen of Naples and Sicily Jérôme of Westfalia

2nd generation	Zénaïde, Princess of Canino and Musignano Princess Charlotte Napoléon II Charlotte, Princess Mario Gabrielli Charles Lucien, Prince of Canino and Musignano Prince Louis Lucien Prince Pierre Napoléon Napoléon Charles, Prince Royal of Holland Louis II of Holland Napoléon III Jérôme Napoléon Jérôme Napoléon Charles, Prince of Montfort Mathilde, Princess of San Donato Napoléon Joseph, Prince Napoléon

3rd generation	Joseph Lucien, Prince of Canino and Musignano Lucien Cardinal Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano Napoléon Charles, Prince of Canino and Musignano Roland, Prince of Canino and Musignano Jeanne, Marchioness of Villeneuve-Escaplon Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France Jerome Napoleon II Charles Victor, Prince Napoléon Marie Letizia, Duchess of Aosta William Bonaparte-Wyse Marie Bonaparte-Wyse Lucien Bonaparte-Wyse

4th generation	Princess Mary, Mrs. Enrico Gotti Eugénie, Princess of La Moskowa Marie, Princess George of Greece and Denmark Marie Clotilde, Countess Serge de Witt Louis, Prince Napoléon Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse

5th generation	Charles, Prince Napoléon Prince Jérôme Napoléon

6th generation	Princess Caroline Napoléon Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon

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