Quote Originally Posted by J Wolfsberger View Post
No, he was Corsican. And in various ways, I think you've offended three different groups.
Only three? I'm sorry couldn't have been more equitable to everyone.
Seriously though, all meant in good fun- no offense meant.

Napoleon was Corsican. An independent Corsica just prior to his birth had been under the influence of an Italian city state. They spoke Italian. Napoleon was ridiculed for his "non-French" origins early in his military career. The name Corsica itself is Italian. So was N.'s given name, which he changed do sound more French.

As far as lineage, I yield to the obviously better informed jmm99

they traced their ancestry to the Buonaparte family of Sarzana, Italy, ...