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HIM Emperor Napoleon III
Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was the nephew and heir of the first Emperor Napoleon who fulfilled his dynastic ambitions in 1852 by ascending the French throne as Emperor Napoleon III on the 48th anniversary of his Uncle’s coronation. He holds the unique position as the first titular President of France and the nation’s last absolute monarch. Prince Louis Napoleon’s pedigree as Bonapartist heir was impeccable. His father was Emperor Napoleon’s brother Louis Bonaparte. His mother Hortense de Beauharnais was the only daughter of Emperor Napoleon’s first consort the Empress Josephine from a previous marriage.
When Napoleon fell in 1815 and the Bourbon dynasty was restored to the French throne, all members of the Bonaparte family were exiled. Prince Louis Napoleon rather rashly returned to France as a young man where he was immediately arrested and deported to England. From London and a house in Royal Leamington Spa, the Prince observed the political musical chairs in France that saw the Bourbon dynasty falter again and an Orleans king Louis-Philippe take the throne in 1830.
As pretender to the throne, Prince Louis-Napoleon repeatedly instigated uprisings and coup attempts but was unsuccessful largely through lack of funds and a disinclina
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Napoleon III
Emperor of France from 1852 to 1870
"Louis Napoleon" redirects here. For other uses, see Louis Napoleon (disambiguation).
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State portrait of Napoleon III. This was Empress Eugénie's favourite portrait, since it represented, in her opinion, his person most faithfully (by Alexandre Cabanel, c. 1865)[1] | |||
| Reign | 2 December 1852 – 4 September 1870 | ||
| Predecessor | Himself(as President of France) | ||
| Successor | Adolphe Thiers(as President of France) | ||
| Cabinet Chief | |||
| In office 20 December 1848 – 2 December 1852 | |||
| Prime Minister | |||
| Vice President | Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe | ||
| Preceded by | Louis-Eugène Cavaignac(as Chief of the Executive Power) | ||
| Succeeded by | Himself(as Emperor of the French) | ||
| Tenure 25 July 1846 – 9 January 1873 | |||
| Preceded by | Louis, Count of Saint-Leu | ||
| Succeeded by | Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial | ||
| Born | (1808-04-20)20 April 1808 Paris, First French Empire | ||
| Died | 9 January 1873(1873-01-09) (aged 64) Chislehurst, Kent, England | ||
| Burial | 1888 St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough | ||
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| Issue | Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial | ||
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| House | Bonaparte | ||
| Father | Louis Bonaparte | ||
| Mother | Hortense de Beauharnais | ||
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