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The Life and Legacy of Joseph Bonaparte, the King of New Jersey
TLDR Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became the king of New Jersey after being set up as a monarch by Napoleon. He immigrated to the United States, built a grand estate in New Jersey, and is considered the closest thing to a king of New Jersey.
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Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became the king of New Jersey after being set up as a monarch by Napoleon.
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Napoleon Bonaparte appointed his older brother Joseph as a trusted family member to run things after he crowned himself Emperor of the French.
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Joseph Bonaparte was appointed by Napoleon as the king of Naples and Sicily, where he implemented Napoleonic reforms and became reasonably popular, but his reign in Spain sparked a nationwide revolt known as the Peninsular War.
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Joseph Bonaparte, after abdicating the Spanish throne and moving back to France, immigrated to the United States in 1817 and created a comfortable life for himself in New York City and Philadelphia.
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Joseph Bonaparte purchased a property in New Jersey and built an 1800-acre estate called Point Breeze, which was one of the largest homes in the country and had a library of over 8,000 books; he later built an even larger home on the property, which was considered the second-greatest house in the country after the White House.
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Joseph Bonaparte was not the only member of the Bonaparte family to immigrate to America, as his siblings also held royal titles and his nephew started his own distinguished American branch of the family.
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Joseph Bonaparte's body was buried in Paris, and he is considered the closest thing to a king of New Jersey.
