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  Louis Bonaparte
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, born September 2, 1779, in Ajaccio, Corsica, was one of three younger brothers of the Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Holland in 1806 and deposed him as King in 1810.
Louis was married in 1802 to Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of Napoleon's first wife Josephine and, thus, Louis's niece by marriage.
Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, born December 10, 1802, Prince Royal of Holland.
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 Louis Bonaparte - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Louis I Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Holland, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, Count of Saint-Leu (Lodewijk Napoleon in Dutch) (September 2, 1778 – July 25, 1846) was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.
Thanks to Napoleon he was a General by the age of 25, though he himself felt that he had been risen too far and too fast.
Louis was married on January 4, 1802 to Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of deceased general Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and his wife Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie.
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 Napoleon III - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), 1808-73, emperor of the French (1852-70), son of Louis Bonaparte (see under Bonaparte, family), king of Holland.
The nephew of Napoleon I, Louis Napoleon spent his youth with his mother, Hortense de Beauharnais, in Switzerland and Germany and became a captain in the Swiss army.
Less fortunate was Napoleon's intervention (1861-67) in the affairs of Mexico ; the French troops finally withdrew upon the demand of the United States, leaving Emperor Maximilian to his fate.
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 Napoleon III - MSN Encarta
Napoleon III (1808-1873), emperor of the French (1852-1870), who revived the Napoleonic empire in the mid-19th century and led France to defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Paris, the third and last son of King Louis and Queen Hortense of Holland, and thus a nephew of Napoleon I.
During the dictatorship, Napoleon limited the freedom of the press and the freedom of intellectual thought; he censored newspapers and exiled many writers, including Victor Hugo, banning their works.
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 Napoleon III of France Summary
Napoleon III (1808-1873) was emperor of France from 1852 to 1870.
Napoleon was born in Paris on April 20, 1808, the youngest son of Louis Bonaparte, the king of Holland and brother of Napoleon, I, and of Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Josephine.
Napoleon III governed by the principle of direct, or Caesarean, democracy, through which power was transferred directly from the people to an absolute ruler who was responsible to them and whose acts were confirmed by plebiscite.
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 Napoleon III of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (April 20 1808 - January 9 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais ; both monarchs of the Kingdom of Holland.
Napoleon's challenge to Russia 's claims to influence in the Ottoman Empire led to France's successful participation in Crimean War (March 1854 -March 1856).
It is interesting to read a biography of the Napoleon III after one on the First for the tales are really the same tale of prempted republics and celebrity families with their predations of revolutionary changes, as the ghost of hybrid reactionaries stalk...
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 French Imperial Constitutions of 1804 and 1852 etc.
Napoleon Bonaparte establishes by statutes which his successors must abide 1) the obligations of all members of the Imperial family, male and female, toward the Emperor, 2) an organization of the imperial palace in accordance with the dignity of the throne and the splendour of the nation.
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, if he has no sons, can adopt the children and legitimate descendants in male line of the brothers of Napoleon I. The forms of adoption are set by senatus-consulte.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte settles by organic decree sent to the Senate and deposited in its archives the order of succession to the throne in the Bonaparte family, for the case in which he leaves no direct, legitimate or adoptive heir.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte Biography (Emperor) — FactMonster.com
Napoleon I - Napoleon I, 1769–1821, emperor of the French, b.
Napoleon III - Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte), 1808–73, emperor of the French (1852–70), son...
Napoleon II - Napoleon II, 1811–32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of Rome...
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 Napoleon III of France (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808, Paris - January 9, 1873, Chislehurst, Kent, England) was a President of France, and later, Emperor of the French.
Bonaparte was a son of Hortense de Beauharnais, who was the daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais and, thus, the stepdaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte.
In a situation that resembles the case of Louis XVIII of France, the numbering of Napoléon's reign assumes the existence of a legitimate Napoléon II of France who never actually ruled, but was briefly recognized as emperor from June 22, 1815 to July 7, 1815.
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When Louis Philippe fled France February 24, 1848, a handful of Bonapartists gathered at the Vendôme column with shouts of "Long live the Emperor!" There were few other early signs of support for this 40-year-old nephew of Napoleon I. Yet, by the end of the year he was president of France.
Despite the opposition of Lamartine and Ledru-Rollin, after a debate in the assembly Louis Napoleon was admitted as a member on June 13, with the support of Louis Blanc, Victor Hugo, and Jules Favre.
Louis Napoleon at once moved into the Elysée palace where he hosted a private banquet for veterans of the Strasbourg and Boulogne coups.
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 Louis Bonaparte Summary
The French statesman Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), younger brother of Napoleon I, was king of Holland from 1806 to 1810.
Louis Bonaparte was born at Ajaccio, Corsica, on Sept. 2, 1778, the seventh child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.
Louis had unsuccessfully tried to divorce his wife in 1810; and when he fled the empire, she remained behind with their three sons, the youngest of whom later reigned as Napoleon III.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France - Timeline Index
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Lodewijk Napoleon in Dutch), king of Holland (1806-1810).
Marie Louise, Empress of the French (1810—1815) as consort of Napoleon I and duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (1816—47), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I...
Louis was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte whom he clearly modeled himself after.
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 General Louis Desaix : Napoleon Bonaparte : Revolutionary Wars
A nobleman, Louis Desaix joined the Republican armies in 1791 and within three years was a general of division.
He campaigned with Napoleon Bonaparte in North Italy and in 1798 joined the expedition to Egypt.
Bonaparte mourned his death, but knew a potential rival was no more.
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 King Louis Bonaparte - The Netherlands - De Ridder Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Louis Bonaparte was born in 1778 in Ajaccio (Corsica) as youngest brother to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Louis made his own input as well: King Louis Napoleon introduced a uniform coin unit, which simplified collecting taxes, introduced a more humane code of law and made himself strong for changes in King Louis Napoleonalthcare and education.
On the 9th of that month the kingdom of Holland becomes part of France by decree, and came under the direct rule of Napoleon Bonaparte.After is abdication as king, Louis resides most of the time in Italy.
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 thePeerage.com - Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and others
He was the son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais, Duchesse de St. Leu.
     Louis Lucien Bonaparte was born on 4 January 1813 in Thorngrove, Grimley, Worcestershire, England.
She married Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais, Duchesse de St. Leu, on 29 January 1853 in Paris, France.
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 Bonaparte - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Napoleon I was crowned Emperor of France 1804-1814, 1815; the Bonaparte family also provided kings of Spain, Naples, Holland and Westphalia, and a second French Emperor, Napoleon III.
Joseph (Corte 1768-Florence 1844), King of Naples and Spain, married Julie Clary, sister of Napoleon's childhood sweetheart, Desirée, who was to become the wife of Charles XIV of Sweden.
The current head of the family is the prince Napoleon (Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte II, born 1950), great-great-grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte by his second marriage; he has a son Jean (born 1986) and a brother, Jérôme Bonaparte, (born 1957), unmarried.
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 VHM - Louis Bonaparte
In the course of the conversation Louis Bonaparte led Mlle.
Louis Bonaparte is distinguished, cold, gentle, intelligent, with a certain measure of deference and dignity, a German air and fl moustache; he bears no resemblance whatever to the Emperor.
The proclamation of Louis Bonaparte as President of the Republic was made on December 20.
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 European royalty -- Netherlands: King Louis Napoleon of Holland
Louis was one of Emperor Napoleon's three younger brothers.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born September 2, 1779.
French Emperor Louis Napoleon or Napoleon III was a nephew of Napoleon I. Louis was the son of Louis Bonaparte who his brother had installed as King of Holland for a brief time.
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 Napoleon III of France
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the 20th April 1808, and died on the 9th January 1873.
He was the son of King Louis Bonaparte of Holland, a younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
As Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on Obverse of 20 Francs of 1852
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 Napoleon III — Infoplease.com
Napoleon III: Assessment - Assessment Napoleon III was a complex figure.
Napoleon III: Emperor of the French - Emperor of the French In Nov., 1852, a new plebiscite overwhelmingly approved the establishment of...
Napoleon III: Early Life - Early Life The nephew of Napoleon I, Louis Napoleon spent his youth with his mother, Hortense de...
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 Napoleon III of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Napoleon tried to redress the damage by maintaining French troops in the city of Rome itself, which prevented the Italian government seizing it from the Pope, a policy which Napoleon's devoutly Catholic wife Eugenie fervently supported.
Napoleon's adventurism in foreign policy is aptly demonstrated by the French intervention in Mexico (January 1862–March 1867).
Napoleon, using as a pretext the Mexican Republic's refusal to pay its foreign debts, planned to establish a French sphere of influence in North America by creating of a French-backed monarchy in Mexico, a project which would be supported by Mexican conservatives tired of the anti-clerical Mexican republic.
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 I Napoleon - AOL Music
Napoleon's noble, moderately affluent background and family connections afforded him...
Louis I Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Holland, Count of Saint-Leu (Lodewijk Napoleon...
I, Napoleon was the brainchild of vocalist Steve Napoleon.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte's Family : Brother : Louis Bonaparte
Very close to Napoleon during his early successes, Louis served with his brother in Italy and Egypt, fighting at Caldiero, Arcola and Rivoli.
In 1805, he was given command of the French troops in Holland and within a year was crowned king of that nation.
This brought about a split with Napoleon over the Continental System of trade and he gave up his crown in 1810.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte
Born Napoleone Buonaparte in Corsica and trained in military schools in Paris, Napoleon was promoted to general after the seige of Toulon in 1793.
Returning to France, he was nominated first Consul after the revolution of 18th Brumaire.
Napoleon founded the Bank of France, reformed the tax system, restored the church, improved the education system and in 1804 assumed the hereditary title of emperor of the French.
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 1852 French Gold 20 Francs of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
We give a brief history of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, later Napoleon III, on our Napoleon III page.
Some coin designs were only issued for a single year, such designs are usually scarcer, and harder for collectors to find, because they normally have a lower mintage than other types which were produced for longer periods of time.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on a French 20 Francs of 1852
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 Napoleon III - Wikimedia Commons
English: Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, president of the French Republic and emperor of France.
Norsk (bokmål): Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, president i den franske republikken og keiser i Frankrike.
Norsk (nynorsk): Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, president i den franske republikken og keisar i Frankrike.
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 Louis Bonaparte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (September 2, 1778 - July 25, 1846) was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.
Josephine had become first wife of his brother Napoleon.
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