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Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st Comte d'Ornano (January 17, 1784 - October 13, 1863) was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was made "Count d'Ornano of the French Empire" in 1808. He was born a son of Lodovico Antonio Ornano and Isabella Maria Buonaparte, making him a second cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Life.
Life Revolution and First Empire.
Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, he served in Italy during the French Revolutionary
a settlement, she and her oldest son received half of count Walewski's estates, which even though heavily indebted, represented considerable wealth.
In 1816 Maria married her longtime admirer and lover, Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, count d'Ornano. They settled in Liege, as d'Ornano did not want to return to Paris due to his pro-Napoleonic allegiances. In 1817 Maria gave birth to count d'Ornano's son, Rudolph Augustus, and she died in Paris shortly afterwards due to a prolonged kidney illness. Before her death, she completed