I am Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte, I was the second son of Jérôme, King of Westphalia, youngest brother of Napoleon I, and his second wife Catharina of Württemberg. Following the death of my cousin Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial in 1879, I claimed headship of the House of Bonaparte until my death in 1891. An outspoken liberal however, I was passed over as heir in my cousin's final will, which instead chose my elder son Victor, who was favored by most Bonapartists. From the 1880s onwards, I was one of the stronger supporters of General Georges Boulanger, together with other monarchist forces.