Elisa Bonaparte
Italian noble
Died when: 43 years 217 days (523 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (French: Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte; 3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), better known as Elisa Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte.
She was Princess of Lucca and Piombino (1805-1814), Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1809-1814) and Countess of Compignano by appointment of her brother.
She was the fourth surviving child and eldest surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.A younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, she had elder brothers Joseph and Lucien, and younger siblings Louis, Pauline, Caroline and Jerome.
As Princess of Lucca and Piombino, then Grand Duchess of Tuscany, she became Napoleon's only sister to possess political power.
Their relations were sometimes strained due to her sharp tongue.Highly interested in the arts, particularly the theatre, she encouraged them in the territories over which she ruled.
