Show oleon's Sister Elizabeth Patterson was born in Baltimore in 1785 She was still in her teens when Jerome Bonaparte brother of the great Napoleon marl marI mar mar- married l I ried her there Napoleon parted them barred her from France and induced Jerome whom who w h o m he made madeI king of Westphalia to take another I bride The church never I recognized the union and royalty spite spite- spitefully spitefully fully accorded Elizabeth Patterson P honors which Napoleon denied her Consequently when Jerome com com- complained complained complained that she took a pension from Napoleon while refusing one from him she pointedly replied that she preferred to shelter under the wing of an eagle rather than under that of a goose 1 |