Born in Baltimore, where she married in 1803 Jerome Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon—who insisted that her husband return without her; while their separation was permanent, she entered Parisian society following the Bourbon restoration.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Elizabeth Bonaparte [née Patterson]:

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 23 September 1816 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 28 November 1816 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 5 May 1817 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 11 August 1817 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 23 May 1818 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 1 October 1819 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 30 September 1820 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 28 November [1825] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 22 September 1839 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to Lady Morgan, 14 March 1849 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)