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Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte ( January 7 , 1768 – July 28 , 1844 ) was the elder brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I , who made him King Of Naples ( 1806 – 1808 ) and King Of Spain ( 1808 – 1813 ). Bonaparte was born Giuseppe Nabulion Buonaparte to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino at Corte in Corsica . As a lawyer, politician, and diplomat, he served in The ''Cinq-Cents'' and was the French ambassador to Rome . He married Julie Clary on August 1 , 1794 in Cuges-les-Pins, France . The couple later had two children, Zénaïde and Charlotte. The Château De Villandry had been seized by the French Revolution ary government and in the early 1800s Joseph's brother, Emperor Napoleon, acquired the château for him. In 1806, Bonaparte was given military command of Naples , and shortly afterward was made king by Napoleon. He became King Of Spain two years later after his sister's husband, Joachim Murat , was made king of Naples. The Spanish people nicknamed him Pepe Botella ("Joe Bottle") pointing to an alleged tendency to drunkenness. His supporters were called '' Josefinos ''. During his reign, he ended The Spanish Inquisitions reign of terror. This was done because Napoleon was at odds with Pope Pius at the time. Bonaparte fled Spain and returned to France after defeat at the Battle Of Vitoria . He was seen by Bonapartists as the rightful Emperor of the French after the death of Napoleon's own son Napoleon II in 1832, although he did little to advance his claim. He died in Florence , Italy and is buried in Les Invalides building complex in Paris . The Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the Northern Territory of Australia was named for him. He is often cited as an influential Spanish speaking person, but in fact his preferred language was French. He reluctantly learned Spanish when he became the King of Spain and even then, he could only speak broken phrases. |