Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (4 May 1810 – 27 October 1868) was a Polish and French politician and diplomat. He was the illegitimate son of Napoleon I by his mistress, Countess Marie Walewska.
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