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The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1812; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Napoleon Bonaparte’s parents were Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Buonaparte (née Ramolino).123
Carlo Maria Buonaparte was a lawyer of ancient Tuscan nobility who had emigrated to Corsica in the 16th century. Following the French conquest of the island, he served as an assessor to the royal court in Ajaccio. Letizia Ramolino married Carlo when she was 14 years old, and together they had eight children who survived into adulthood.13