Bonaparte Arms
The arms of the Bonaparte family were: Gules two bends sinister between two mullets or. In 1804 Napoleon changed the arms to Azure an imperial eagle or. The change applied to all members of his family except for his brother Lucien, and the son of Jerome's first marriage.
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Armoiries de Charles-Marie Bonaparte.
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Arms of Napoleon I and Napoléon II, as Emperor of the French.
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Arms of Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain.
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Arms of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano.
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Arms of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland.
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Arms of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia.
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