Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (4 May 1810 – 27 October 1868) was a Polish and French politician and diplomat. He was widely rumoured to be the (unacknowledged) illegitimate son of Napoleon I by his mistress, Countess MarieWalewska. However, Countess Walewska's husband legally acknowledged him as his son.
The Walewski family didn't have the title of count. Alexander the legal son of chambellan Anastazy Walewski and his wife Maria Łączyńska, got the title's of count as "Count Colonna-Walewski". So it would be "count Colonna-Walewski". TomaszLenczewski, The titled family in Poland, Warszaw, vol. 1, 1997, page 210; (information based also on the acts of the Senate Deputy of the Kingdom of Poland) Alexander received the title of Comte de l'Empire from his father, Napoleon I. In 1866 he was created Duke by his cousin Napoleon III. His second wife's maiden name was Ricci, but her mother was a born Princess Poniatowski, a cousin of the famous Marshal of France. Thus says at least Nouvelle Biographie from 1866. --Alexvonf 21:09, 28 January 2006 (UTC) Legally he was legitimate. He was acknowledged as the son of his mother's husband and was never acknowledged by Napoleon I. Furthermore; the Napoleonic code did not allow an illegitimate child born via adultery to be acknowledged by it's naturalfather, the code presumed the mother's husband was the father.