Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram

Napoléon Alexandre Berthier
The prince de Wagram and his daughter Malcy by Winterhalter.
2nd Prince of Wagram
Tenure 1 June 1815 - 10 February 1887
Predecessor Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Successor Alexandre Berthier
Born 11 September 1810
Paris
Died 10 February 1887
Paris
Noble family Berthier
Spouse(s) Zénaïde Françoise Clary
Issue Malcy Louise Caroline Frédérique Berthier, Princess of Wagram
Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram
Elisabeth Alexandrine Maria Berthier, Princess of Wagram
Father Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram
Mother Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria

Napoléon Alexandre Louis Joseph Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram (11 September 1810, Paris – 10 February 1887, Paris) was a French politician and nobleman. He was the son of Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram, and Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (and by his mother, grandnephew of King Maximilian I of Bavaria).

Marriage and family

On 29 June 1831, he married Zénaïde Françoise Clary (25 November 1812, Paris – 27 April 1884, Paris). She was the daughter of Nicolas Joseph Clary and Malcy Anne Jeanne Rougier. She was also the niece of Désirée Clary, former fiancée to Napoleon Bonaparte and the wife of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - King Charles XIV of Sweden.

They had three children:

  • Elisabeth Alexandrine Maria Berthier, Princess of Wagram (1849-1932), who married Count Étienne-Guy de Turenne d'Aynac.


The 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th Prince of Wagram are buried at the Château de Grosbois.

Ancestry

Bibliography

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). {{}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • "Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource