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The Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
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Miss Louise Eugenie Bonaparte, great-granddaughter of Jerome Bonaparte, married Count de Moltke-Hvitfeldt in Washington on December 29. The ceremony at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church was officiated by Cardinal Gibbons, followed by a nuptial mass and breakfast. The couple plans a honeymoon and move to Paris.
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The Great Grand Niece of Napoleon Bonaparte Married in Washington.
Washington, Dec. 30.-Miss Louise Eugenie Bonaparte, only daughter of the late Colonel Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, and Count de Moltke-Hvitfeldt of Denmark were married at 11:30 o'clock yesterday at St. Paul's Roman Catholic church. Cardinal Gibbons officiated.
Only 100 invitations were issued. The marriage ceremony was followed by the celebration of a nuptial mass by Father Foley and later Mrs. Bonaparte, mother of the bride entertained the bridal party, relatives and a couple of intimate friends at breakfast.
Count and Countess de Moltke left in the afternoon for a honeymoon jaunt and will return by January 1. They sail for Europe January 16 and will spend this winter in Paris where the mother and family of Count de Moltke-Hvitfeldt reside at present. The bride is the great granddaughter of Mme. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, daughter of William Patterson of Baltimore, who, on Christmas eve, 1803, became the wife of Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon, first consul of France.
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Washington, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church
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December 29
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Miss Louise Eugenie Bonaparte, daughter of the late Colonel Jerome Bonaparte, married Count de Moltke-Hvitfeldt of Denmark at St. Paul's Roman Catholic church in Washington, officiated by Cardinal Gibbons. A nuptial mass followed, then breakfast hosted by the bride's mother. The couple honeymooned, returned by January 1, and sailed to Europe on January 16 to live in Paris. The bride is great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, who married Jerome Bonaparte in 1803.