- Roland Bonaparte
Roland Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (
May 19 ,1858 -April 14 ,1924 ) was a French prince and president of theSociété de Géographie from 1910 till his death.He was born in
Paris the son of PrincePierre Napoleon Bonaparte andJustine Eleanore Ruflin . Prince Roland was a grandson ofLucien Bonaparte a brother of Emperor Napoleon I.Bonaparte Point inAntarctica was named after him byJean-Baptiste Charcot .On the death of his cousin Prince Napoléon Charles Bonaparte he succeeded him as the 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano but he did not assume the title. With Prince Roland's death in Paris the senior line of the
House of Bonaparte descending from Lucien Bonaparte became extinct in the male line.In 1886, he was part of a scientific expedition that photographed and anotomically measured the
Sami inhabitants of Northern Norway. [ [http://cwfp.biz/cgi-bin/se/bonaparte_lapons/tm.pl?intro Special Exhibit: Laplander Studies by Roland Bonaparte] . Retrieved August 14, 2008.]Prince Roland was married in
Paris onNovember 18 ,1880 toMarie Blanc (1859-1882). They had one daughter.*Princess
Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962)References
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/bonaparte.html Online Gotha]
* [http://www.socgeo.org/11.htm Presidents of the Société de Géographie]
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