BONAPARTE, JEROME
\bˈɒnɐpˌɑːt], \bˈɒnɐpˌɑːt], \b_ˈɒ_n_ɐ_p_ˌɑː_t]\
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(1784-1860), King of Westphalia, youngest brother of Napoleon. His marriage with Miss Patterson, of Baltimore, in 1803 was declared null by Napoleon, who made him, in 1807, King of Westphalia. He commanded a division at Waterloo. From his exile at Trieste he returned to France and was made Field Marshal in 1850.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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