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    Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch...
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    Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which uses elements of many...
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    21. His cousin, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, founded the Second French Empire in 1852 and ruled as Emperor Napoleon III. Napoleon ll was born on 20 March...
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    (1805–1814) Napoléon III (1852–1873) Napoléon IV Eugène (1873–1879), son of Napoléon III Napoléon V Victor (1879–1926), grandson of Napoléon I's youngest...
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    Kingdom, where he died on 9 January 1873. Since the death of Napoleon III's only son, Louis-Napoléon in 1879, the House of Bonaparte has had a number of claimants...
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    forces. As well as bearing the title of Prince Napoléon, given to him by his cousin Emperor Napoleon III in 1852, he was also 2nd Prince of Montfort, 1st...
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    behind Napoléon, Prince Imperial and his father Prince Napoleon. The Empire came to an end in 1870 with the abdication of the Emperor Napoleon III. He was...
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    King of Westphalia, Napoléon's youngest brother. As neither Napoléon I nor Napoléon III of France has surviving legitimate issue in the male line, Jérôme's...
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    Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon (born 29 July 1958) claims to be the senior descendant of the House of Bourbon and thus the pretender to the throne of...
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    Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, the cousin of the Emperor Napoleon III, France's most recent monarch. Jean-Christophe's grandfather, Louis, Prince Napoléon, died...
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    Imperial Guard of Napoleon III was a military corps in the French Army formed by Napoleon III as a re-establishment of his uncle Napoleon I's Imperial Guard...
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    Napoleon's first wife. His younger brother, Louis-Napoléon, became Emperor of the French in 1852 as Napoleon III. Napoléon Louis's brother, Napoléon Charles...
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    and the Battle of Sedan, resulted in the capture of the French Emperor Napoleon III and the decisive defeat of the army of the Second Empire; a Government...
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    The Second French Empire was an Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the Second and the Third French...
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    The Crown of Napoleon III (French: Couronne de Napoléon III) was a crown that was made for Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Although he did not have...
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  • Holland and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis Napoleon III (1803–1873) emperor of France and son of Napoleon I's brother Louis Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804–1831)...
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    Battles of Napoleon 1000km 620miles Saint Helena 19 Rochefort 18 Waterloo 17 Elba 16 Dizier 15 Leipzig 14 Berezina 13 Borodino 12 Wagram 11 Somosierra...
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    1856 – 1 June 1879), also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned...
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    Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a...
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    refer to Napoleon's regime as the First Empire to distinguish it from the restorationist Second Empire (1852–1870) ruled by his nephew Napoleon III. On 18...
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    Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of the Second Republic and Napoléon Bonaparte's nephew, became emperor of the Second French Empire as Napoleon III. It...
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    Bonapartism (redirect from Napoleonism)
    Bonaparte, the Corsican family of Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I of France) and his nephew Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III of France). In recent years, the...
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    official who served as prefect of Seine (1853–1870), chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal programme of new boulevards, parks...
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    it was only completed two decades later and inaugurated by Emperor Napoleon III on 2 April 1861, after its promoter Louis Philippe I, architect Louis...
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    Portrait of Napoleon III, or initially called in French Portrait de S. M. l'Empereur (Portrait of His Majesty the Emperor), is an oil painting of 1861...
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    États in the South (Denon) Wing of Napoleon III's Louvre expansion was used for that purpose. In the 1860s Napoleon III and Lefuel planned a new venue to...
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    Louvre (redirect from Musée Napoleon)
    Musée Napoléon III from the salle des séances, then a double-height space Galerie Daru, part of the New Louvre building program under Napoleon III Salle...
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    time in England, where he stayed with Empress Eugénie, the widow of Napoleon III. He was educated in Leuven, Belgium, and in Lausanne, Switzerland. When...
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  • Napoleon, napoleon, Napoléon, or Napóleon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Napoleon (1769–1821) was a French military leader and emperor. Napoleon...
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    The Armistice of Villafranca, concluded by Napoleon III of France and Franz Joseph I of Austria on July 11, 1859, set the stage for the end of the Second...
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