Joseph-Napol Ã on Bonaparte was an elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte . In 1806 , he crowned him as King of Naples and Sicily and later King of Spain in 1808 . Joseph-Napol Ã on Bonaparte ( 7 January 1768 -- Italy , 28 July 1844 ) was the elder brother of Napoleon I of France , who made him King of Naples and Sicily ( 1806 -- 1808 ) , and later King of Spain and the Indies as Joseph I of Spain ( 1808 -- 1813 ) .