Catherine Christine Eléonore Boyer (3 July 1771 – 14 May 1800) was a member of the Bonaparte family as the first wife of Lucien Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon.
Born in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, Boyer was the daughter of Pierre André Boyer and Rosalie Fabre.[citation needed] Other explain that she was the sister of an innkeeper with whom Lucien had lodged in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume.[1] Christine was illiterate, and unable to sign her own name.[citation needed]
Bonaparte and Boyer married on 4 May 1794.[citation needed] The couple were married hastily, and without the consent of the Bonaparte family.[citation needed] Lucien's brother Napoleon and their mother, Letizia, were displeased with the match.[citation needed]
The couple had four children, of whom two daughters had descendants.
Boyer died in Paris, in childbirth.[1] She was buried in the Santi Apostoli Giovanni e Andrea cemetery in Canino, Lazio, Italy.[citation needed]