Napoleonâs Brother Lived in N.J. Hereâs What Happened to the Estate.
The site in Bordentown once harbored Joseph Bonaparte, a former king. A new partnership has ensured that its history wonât be forgotten.
A bridge is one of the remaining structures on Point Breeze, the 60-acre estate that Joseph Bonaparte built in New Jersey after he fled Europe.Credit...Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times
New Jersey? Not so much.
Napoleon, the French emperor, never stepped foot in the state, but New Jersey was home to another Bonaparte: Napoleonâs older brother, Joseph, who was once the king of Naples and then Spain.