Elisa Bonaparte
Grand
Duchess of Tuscany
1777-1820
Armed
with a sharp tongue, Elisa was not a favourite of her brother Napoleon
and spent little time in France.
She
married a Corsican who became an Italian prince, but split with
him in 1805. She agreed to Napoleon's offer that she become Grand
Duchess of Tuscany.
After
losing her duchy in 1814, Elisa moved to Germany, rejoined her husband
and retired to Trieste.
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