Pauline Bonaparte — A Nymphomaniac Sister of Napoleon

Napoleon’s little sister had a lively love life

Peter Preskar
Lessons from History

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Pauline Bonaparte in Canova’s studio by Lorenzo Valles (Image:aline-voinot.com)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a military genius who transformed France into a military superpower.

He knew how to subdue kings and princes, but he had big difficulties to keep his family members in order. His rebellious brothers and mischievous sisters made him say a famous sentence:

I do not believe that any man in the world is more unfortunate in his family than I am.

Pauline Bonaparte (1780–1825), the youngest of Napoleon’s three sisters, was the most frivolous one. She possessed magnetic beauty and charm. Whenever she went, the eyes of men turned after her. Men loved her and she loved them.

Pauline was a nymphomaniac and much to Napoleon’s chagrin, she made it very public.

Pauline Bonaparte — from mischievous girl to nymphomaniac

Pauline Bonaparte by Robert Lefevre (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

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