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Post by whydah on May 19, 2004 4:05:10 GMT -5
I put this in here because he is a figure in history. Was he by blood really a frenchman or more italian?
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Post by alex221166 on May 19, 2004 5:36:23 GMT -5
I put this in here because he is a figure in history. Was he by blood really a frenchman or more italian? Italian (of Corsican stock). His real name was Napoleone Buonaparte. He is "french" because Louis XV bought Corsica from the Italians in 1768 - just one year before Napoleon was born.
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Post by Aria88 on May 19, 2004 20:46:38 GMT -5
Italian was his first language. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, I believe his given name was actually Nabulione, or something close to that. I recall the meaning could be rendered as "lion of the valley." (It has been a long time since I studied Napoleon in-depth.) The last great Frenchman wasn't so French after all.
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Post by whydah on May 20, 2004 3:39:13 GMT -5
Yes his father is from italy,right. does he even have any french blood ?
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Post by Graeme on May 20, 2004 8:51:18 GMT -5
Corsica was colonised by Italians who were Italians ethnically, by language, everything. The French acquired it and naturally imposed their customs, law and language on the islanders.
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Post by Aria88 on May 20, 2004 20:52:13 GMT -5
Agreed.
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Post by whydah on May 21, 2004 22:43:20 GMT -5
ok, so his mother is Corsican? Ethnically were the Corsicans the same as those in some of the Italian states or close to them before the sell to France. Who are they?
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Post by Graeme on May 22, 2004 8:25:26 GMT -5
As I said, Corsicans are Italians ethnically. They came from Tuscany. Their language is close to the Tuscan dialect.
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Post by geirr on May 22, 2004 9:09:08 GMT -5
Corsica has a distinct ethnic identity different from either French or Italian. Napolean Bonaparte was born under French rule but if he was born a year earlier under Genoa rule he would still be seen as a Corsican rather than an Italian, just the same he went on to become the greatest French patriot.
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