Family Group Sheet


Name illustrissimo barone Francesco Antonio de DROST54
Birth 9 Jun 1740, Zigliara (Ziddara), Corse-du-Sud, Corse, France3
Birth Memo enfant naturel . acte n° 226 du 15 juin 1740. 6MI 360/1 image 84/122
Death 8 May 1769, Castello-di-Rostino (Castellu di Rustinu), Haute-Corse, Corse, France
Death Memo tué lors de la bataille de Ponte Novo (cf Sources en Notes)
Title baron de Drost et de Wallinghauszn
Father illustrissimo signore barone Mathieu de DROST (1684-<1760)
Mother illustrissima signora Maria Rosa COLONNA BOZZI
Misc. Notes
Sources :
. Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend
Julia GASPER - University of Delaware, 8 nov 2012 - 312 pages
page 267
There is a line of connection between Theodore and Napoleon. Matthew von DROST. Theodore’s nephew, had a son, François-Antoine Baron von DROST, who married Marie-Madeleine ZICAVO in 1760, making him an uncle of Napoleon. He died in the battle of Ponte Nuovo (Ponte Novu) in 1769, leaving one son (note 104)…qui se réfère à l’article :
. Les Origines de Théodore de Neuhoff et les barons de Drost, in Le Petit Bastiais du 8 août 1934. Actuellement non consultable en ligne.

- Pour mémoire, Alain Venturini, ancien directeur des Archives départementales de la Corse du Sud, a publié en 2013 un article sur La bataille de Ponte Novo in BSSHNC n° 744-745, page 207 et ss. De l’Histoire militaire de la Corse - actes du colloque de Bastia - 23 novembre 2012. Actuellement non consulté.
Marriage 10 Oct 1760, Ajaccio (Aiacciu), Corse-du-Sud, Corse54,3
Marr Memo acte en latin. 6MI 4/17 image 3/23
Spouse magnifica Maria Maddalena ZICAVO
Alias/AKA Maria Magdalena
Father Giovanni Battista ZICAVO
Mother Na NN
Children
1 M Salvatore Giovanni Battista Luigi de DROST
Birth 7 Feb 1765, Ajaccio (Aiacciu), Corse-du-Sud, Corse
Blessing 7 Feb 1765, Ajaccio (Aiacciu), Corse-du-Sud, Corse
Bless Memo data l’acqua in casa, dal Reverendo Giovanni Battista DIAMANTE, vicecurato
Christen 12 Feb 1765, Ajaccio (Aiacciu), Corse-du-Sud, Corse3,56
Chr Memo 6MI 4/16 image 40/64
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