Covered by a shallow hip roof, it is a severe rectangular box, relieved only by the fanlight over the central entrance. Scored stucco, is 3 bays wide and one room deep. River, now broken through in several places, and Louis Maillard's house survive. Gate lodge, was a house for Joseph's trusted secretary, Louis Maillard. Near the Park Street entrance, in the position that would normally be occupied by a (son of Lucien Bonaparte), an amateur ornithologist, down the lake from the mansion. The count also erected a house for his daughter, Zenaide, and her husband, Prince Charles Lucien The brick and wood mansion was connected to the creek's bank by an underground ItsĬentre portion may have been erected on the foundations of an older house, but was considerably larger because of Joseph Bonaparte built himself a mansion on a bluff overlooking the lake and Crosswicks Creek. The upper, narrower end of the lake was spanned by an arched stone bridge. Near the mouth ofĬrosswicks Creek, in a low, swampy area, he erected an embankment to create a lake about 200 yards wide and halfĪ mile long, dotted with landscaped islands. Laid the property out with winding carriage drives and planted trees and shrubs lavishly. The estate was known as "Point Breeze," but was popularly called "Bonaparte's Park."Īt Point Breeze, Bonaparte proceeded to create a country estate in the English picturesque style. Was dying in forced exile on a faraway island, Joseph was acquiring title to over 1,000 acres of land nearīordentown, on the Delaware River. The name was taken from his Mortefontaine estates. Looking for a place to stay, one that would measure up to his socialĬlass, in early 1817, Joseph settled in New Jersey under the name of Count de Survilliers (though Americans Joseph took only a suitcase of jewels with him, deciding it was safer to bury the remainder, with his gold, on Proceeded to Philadelphia, where Henry Clay offered him his hotel suite. (Captain Misservey, who'd been paid 18,000įrancs to carry Joseph's party, thought he was carrying someone named Lazare Carnot.) From New York, Joseph Incognito aboard the American brig Commerce to New York. States, accompanied by his trusted (male) secretary, and disguised as an ordinary passenger. On them, put them under surveillance and generally harassed them, so Joseph decided to book passage to the United However, many countries of Europe had placed restrictions The law they found a safe haven in Switzerland. Joseph and his family left Spain under an assumed name after the Battle of Waterloo, just one step ahead of When Napoleon fell from power, so did Joseph. Peninsular Wars, he reluctantly abdicated this position in 1813. Unsuccessful in defending the country during the Removed him in 1808 - making him King of Spain instead. In 1806 he was promoted to the position King of Naples, but proved inefficient and Napoleon Joseph's knowledge of Americaĭerived from his appointment in 1800, under the Consulate, to settle the differences between France and the Joseph had held a series of diplomatic and administrative posts under Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte was deposed as ruler of his country and sent to the island of Elba in disgrace. Joseph Bonaparte, once King of Spain and known locally as Count de Survilliers in the period 1816 to 1839.Ī French law of 1816 banished the Bonapartes from France and confiscated their property, income and took away In Burlington County today may be found many effects of Napoleon's older brother The history of New Jersey can be narrated with the stories of the lives of many people who served theirĬountry on the battlefield and in politics, but New Jersey also played host to an ex-king, who became a resident Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. New Jersey's Ex-King and the Crown Jewels
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