Empress Madeleine Bonaparte of France (nee: Madeleine Sylvia von Vibbescholde; 14 March 1939 - 23 June 2011) was the Empress of France and wife of Emperor Albert II. Styled Her Royal Majesty the Empress, Madeleine was the first Empress to not be born from a traditional aristocratic family and was the first Empress since Gabrielle to not be of French origin or descent, hailing from Berlin. She was the mother of the current Emperor, Maurice Napoleon I and the grandmother of Christine, the heiress apparent to the French throne.