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New Jersey estate of Napoleon s brother Joseph Bonaparte - the ex-king of Spain who fled to the US after Waterloo - is sold for $4.6M and will be turned into a public park
Joseph Bonaparte fled to the US from Europe after his brother Napoleon s Battle of Waterloo defeat in 1815
The exiled former king of Spain settled in Bordentown, New Jersey, and built an estate called Point Breeze
At the heart of the property was a mansion fit for royalty, spanning nearly 38,000-sq-ft across three stories
It featured an 8,000-book library and an art collection complete with the Spanish crown jewels
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.