Political Figure. Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte was a French nobleman, revolutionary and politician, who had an adventurous life. Born the son of Lucien Bonaparte and his second wife Alexandrine de Bleschamp, he was the nephew of Napoleon I, the self-crowned Emperor of France. He lived his childhood on the family's large estate in Corsica with his nine siblings. Although his family could afford him a formal higher education, he abandoned the thought. After participating as a teenager in the anti-Papal riots of 1829 to 1831 in Romagna, he was capture by Italian papal forces, but escaped to the United States in 1832, staying with his uncle, Joseph Bonaparte, in New Jersey. He then traveled to South America, joining the army to fight with General Francisco de Paula Santander, the newly elected President of The Republic of New Granada, which today is the nation of Columbia along with running into territories in Central America. At the age of seventeen, he was Santander's aide with the rank of Commander. In 1835, he returned to Rome and was captured again, serving a year in prison. Upon being released, he was involved in an altercation with governmental authorities, killing a young officer. Taken to trial, he was condemned to the death penalty, but after a nine-month delay in execution, he was released by Pope Pius IX. He was sent in exile to the United States, but started roaming with friends to England, the Greek Isle of Corfu, where there was trouble with the authorities, and Albania. At that point, he went to Belgium and was implicated in yet another fatal incident. During the Revolution of 1848, he went to France. He was elected at the Constituent Assembly as the representative of Corsica. When his cousin Louis proclaimed himself as Napoleon III in 1852, he accepted the title of Prince, losing the support of Les Republicans. In 1870, one of the radical socialist newspapers, which Paschal Grousset was editor-in-chief, published a letter about the outcome of the Italian murder trial that had involved the prince. At that point the prince became angry with Grousset as the publication had brought shame to his entire Bonaparte family and challenged the editor to a duel. After accepting the challenge of the duel, Grousset sent two journalists Victor Noir , who was 21-years-old, and Ulrich de Fonvielle to arrange with the prince the time and place of the duel. Fearing they could be facing danger; the two men came to the meeting armed with pistols. While Noir was having a conversation with the prince, the prince declined the duel as the editor was "lacking prestige." Instead, he wanted the duel to be with the founder of the newspaper, Henri Rochefort, a nobleman. According to Noir's colleague, bitter words were exchanged and at that point, the prince slapped Noir's face, pulling a gun, and shooting Noir to death. According to the prince's story, Noir was the aggressor and the prince was defending himself. The prince was arrested, charged with homicide, and on May 21, 1871, the high courts ruled a verdict of not guilty. Although he may have been considered a disgrace and a liability to family, his cousin, Napoleon III of the Second French Empire, stood by him during the trial. As the 18-year reign of his cousin Napoleon III ended, he fled back to Belgium after the trial to escape the horrors of the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War in Paris. Noir became martyr for the rebelling French people, leading to civil unrest and rioting. In 1877 he returned to France, dying in Versailles in 1881. He married Rose Hesnard Justine Ruffin in 1871, but was known to have several mistresses throughout his lifetime. He had a mansion built at Luzipeo for his family. The couple had a daughter and a son, Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, who was the last legitimate male heir to carry the family's name. All other branches had ended with childless marriages or female children. With his son's 1924 death, the Bonaparte Dynasty ended with his two granddaughters. He published "Memories, Traditions and Revelations of Prince Pierre-Napoleon Bonaparte" in 1876. In Corsica, there is a town square in the city of Calinzana, which is named in his honor with his bust exhibited in the center of the square.