Haute-Corse [SEP] named after
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; ) () is a former department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. It and the other Corsican department, Corse-du-Sud, merged on 1 January 2018 with the single collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils. The people living in the former department are called "Northerners" ("Supranacci").
History.
The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department
Empire.
Early life and family.
Éléonore-Justine Ruflin was born on 1 July 1832 in Paris. She was the daughter of Julien Ruflin and Justine Bucard, both peasants. She had a sister named Elisa.
Marriage and issue.
In 1852 Ruflin married Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte in a Catholic ceremony at Calvi, Haute-Corse. Her husband was the son of Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano and Alexandrine de Bleschamp and a nephew of Napoleon I of France. The House of