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    Joseph Cardinal Fesch, Prince of the Empire (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon...
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    retirement from the position of French ambassador to Rome, Cardinal Joseph Fesch was assisted by François-René de Chateaubriand[clarification needed]...
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    Franz Fesch (1711–1775) entered the service of the Republic of Genoa and established a branch in Corsica. Its most famous member, Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763–1839)...
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    established by Napoleon I's uncle, cardinal Joseph Fesch (a Prince of France from 1807), in Fesch's birthplace. The Fesch museum is located in Ajaccio, the birthplace...
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    close relatives, namely his brother-in-law Joachim Murat, his uncle Joseph Fesch, and his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais. Between 1852 and 1870, there...
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    unaccompanied by the usual additional ceremonies) by Joseph Fesch with his full name of Napoleon François Charles Joseph. The baptism, inspired by the baptismal ceremony...
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    two children, including Letizia's half-brother, the future Cardinal Joseph Fesch. On 2 June 1764, at the age of 14, Letizia married Carlo Buonaparte,...
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    law of the Emperor Napoleon 1st, Grand Duke of Tuscany Joseph Fesch (1763–1839), cardinal Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), French statesman, King of Naples...
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    seminarians from France to staff the school. A friend of Portier, Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Archbishop of Lyons, was a major benefactor to the fledgling College...
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    Joseph Bonaparte, Grand Elector Louis Bonaparte, Grand Constable Joachim Murat, Grand Admiral Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Grand Huntsman Joseph Fesch,...
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    Mona Vanna, 16th century, from collection of Napoleon's uncle Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839) La Belle Gabrielle, 16th century, from collection of Earl...
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    the religious wedding ceremony. The ceremony was conducted by Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Grand Almoner of France and Napoleon's uncle. A Bridal March was composed...
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    behest of Napoleon's mother Maria Letizia Ramolino and his uncle Cardinal Joseph Fesch. Antommarchi received a letter of employment on 19 December 1818. Antommarchi...
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    Beauharnais (from 1806), Napoleon's adopted daughter, cousin of his wife Joseph Fesch (from 1807), Napoleon's uncle Lucien Bonaparte (from 1815), Napoleon's...
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    the steps of the dance. It passed from the Rospigliosi family to the Joseph Fesch collection in 1806, when it was taken to France for a period. It was...
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  • Basel among numerous other offices. Among his descendants were Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Napoleon's uncle, who became a Prince of France, a member of the Imperial...
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    friend David. She became close friends with Napoleon's uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fesch. During the Peace of Amiens, she gave British visitors tours of the cardinal's...
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  • Revolutionary Calendar; guillotined. Joseph Fesch Cardinal; closely associated with Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph Fouché Jacobin deputy; Thermidorian; Minister...
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    Vianney (Curé d'Ars). He was ordained a priest around 1817 by Cardinal Joseph Fesch for the Archdiocese of Lyon. He soon became the Superior of the seminary...
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  • Bonaparte Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825), sister of Napoléon Bonaparte Joseph Fesch (1763-1839), half-uncle of Napoléon Bonaparte Letizia Ramolino (1749-1836)...
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    (1801–1802) Joseph Fesch (1803–1822); in commendam (1822–1839) Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli (1839–1853) Adriano Fieschi (1853–1858) Joseph Othmar von Rauscher...
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    until 1980 when a copy of a manuscript of Joseph was found in London's Royal Academy of Music. De Fesch's music was influenced by the Italians, particularly...
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    strict follower of Giovanni Bellini's style. It was owned by Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763–1839) and sold at the Palazzo Ricci, Rome on 18 March 1845 (lot...
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  • family were Napoleon's uncle, brother-in-law and stepson of the families Fesch, Murat, and Beauharnais. This article lists their titles of the First French...
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    befriended the likes of Père Lacordaire and Cardinals Thomas Weld and Joseph Fesch. Abandoning his pursuit of the degree of Doctor of Divinity in Rome,...
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    Amasia in partibus infidelium. The official archbishop remained cardinal Joseph Fesch, uncle of Napoleon I, who had refused to resign and lived in Rome. Antonetti...
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    uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fesch, to the See of Paris This was his right, in accordance with the Concordat of 1801, Article 5, but Fesch was quite aware that...
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  • 1786-1791 : Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval (1724-1808), Prince-Bishop of Metz, Cardinal in 1789. First French Empire 1805-1814 : Joseph Fesch (1763-1839)...
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    Cardinal Joseph Fesch. One in custody had been released to the Russian minister, since his mother was the Russian-born Catharina of Württemberg. Fesch refused...
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    to 11 January 1794, the date of his death on the scaffold. (Cardinal) Joseph Fesch (29 July 1802 – 13 May 1839) Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne-Embrun (until...
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