Mary Bonaparte
1870-1947, French princess
Mary Bonaparte (Mary Léonie Eugénie Mathilde Jeanne Julie Zénaïde Bonaparte; 10 December 1870 – 1947) was the eldest surviving daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino and Christine Ruspoli. On 25 November 1891 in Rome she married Enrico Gotti. They had no children.
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