Felice Baciocchi
Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (Aiaccio, 8 May 1762 – Bologna, 27 April 1841) was born to a noble Corsican family of Genovese origins. He undertook his military career at a young age and reached the rank of Captain of the Royal Regiment, but after the events of the French Revolution he was destitute and constrained to emigrate. During a trip to Marseilles, he met his future wife, Élisa Bonaparte, Napoleon’s sister, whom he would marry in 1797 and with whom he would have four children.
With the ascent of his brother–in–law to the imperial throne, in 1805 Felice was crowned Prince of Piombino and Lucca: he took the role of sovereign consort, always leaving the power in the hands of his wife Élisa.
At the fall of Napoleon, the two sovereigns were forced to flee and went to Trieste. Felice, widowed, moved to Bologna, where he died on 27 April 1841.
