Maria Letizia Bonaparte "née" Ramolino (24 August 1750 – 2 February 1836) was the mother of Napoleon I of France. She was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, to Giovanni Geronimo Ramolino (13 April 1723 – 1755) and Angela Maria Pietrasanta (circa 1725 – 1790). The Ramolinos were a low rank of nobility in the Republic of Genoa. Letizia was not formally educated. On 2 June 1764, when she was 14, she married attorney Carlo Buonaparte. Wikipedia
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