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  Napoleon II: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
NAPOLEON II 1811–32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of Rome (1811–14), as the prince of Parma (1814–18), and after that as the duke of Reichstadt.
Napoleon's abdication in 1815 was in favor of his son, so that he was known to the Bonapartists as Napoleon II, although he never ruled.
NAPOLEON II 1811 32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of...1815 was in favor of his son, so that he was known to the Bonapartists as Napoleon II, although he never ruled.
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 The Straight Dope Mailbag: I've heard of Napoleon and Napoleon III; was there a Napoleon II?
He was Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles, Duke of Reichstadt, the only son of Napoleon I (the one everybody's heard of) and Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma.
Napoleon abdicated in favor of his son, but events prevented the reign of Napoleon II from being more than titular.
So the future Napoleon III was the nephew, not the grandson, of the first Napoleon.
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 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15 in Ajaccio, Corsica, the second oldest of 8 siblings.
She had his son, Napoleon II, soon after that.
When Napoleon was defeated at the battle of Waterloo, he took the failure upon himself and gave himself to the British.
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 Napoleon II - LoveToKnow 1911
NAPOLEON II., emperor of the French, the style given by the Bonapartists to the son of Napoleon Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles, duke of Reichstadt (q.v.).
The fact that in 1814, by Napoleon I.'s abdication in his favour, the king of Rome (as he was then styled) became for a few days titular emperor "by the will of the people," was held by Prince Louis Napoleon to justify his own assumption of the style of Napoleon III.
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 AllRefer.com - Napoleon II of France Information
Titular king of Rome who succeeded his father, Napoleon I, as emperor of the French (1814) but remained a politically powerless figure.
Title given by the Bonapartists to the son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise; until 1814 he was known as the king of Rome and after 1818 as the duke of Reichstadt.
After his father's abdication in 1814 he was taken to the Austrian court, where he spent the rest of his life.
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 napoleon ii - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Napoleon II : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
NAPOLEON II : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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  Napoleon I
Bere ospeari esker Napoleon lehen Kontsul izenda zezatela lortu zuen (1799) eta Konstituzio larderiatsua ezarri zen.
Europako monarkiarentzat Napoleon arriskutsua zen, Iraultzailearen jarraitzailea baitzen eta gizarte-ordena ezberdina finkatu nahi zuela uste baitzuten.
Napoleon, ingelesen zaingoa saihestu, Elba irlatik ihes egin eta Frantziara itzuli zen; bertan Ehun Egunak izeneko gobernua antolatu zuen (1815).
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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 I - Olga's Gallery
Napoleon I, or Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, second son of Charles-Marie Bonaparte (1746-1785) and Letizia Ramolino (1750-1836).
Napoleon, leaving the remains of the army to Murat, hurried to Paris to raise new levies, stem the rising panic and disprove rumors of his death.
Napoleon II, properly François Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1811-1832) son of Napoleon I by Marie Louise, born in Paris.
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 Royalty.nu - Royal History of France - Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French
Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemies that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious.
The Linguist and the Emperor: Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone by Daniel Meyerson.
Napoleon and Josephine: The Sword and the Hummingbird by Gerald and Loretta Hausman.
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 Bambooweb: Napoleon II of France
Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte (March 20, 1811 -July 22, 1832), Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
In 1815, after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated in favor of his son, but Louis XVIII was restored and he never occupied the French throne.
After 1815, the younger Napoleon was a virtual prisoner in Austria, where he died of tuberculosis at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna on July 22, 1832.
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 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION
Napoleon's conduct of the campaign in northern Italy is illustrative of what will become known as his distinctive style of command.
Unfortunately for Napoleon, the British navy sunk the French fleet off the coast of North Africa, so Napoleon would not be able to hold onto his conquest, but this did not matter to the French people, who worshiped him as the most spectacular military hero since Julius Caesar.
Although Napoleon himself was a deist, he recognized that it was important to end the animosity between the Catholic Church and the French state.
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 BBC - History - Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769 - 1821)
One of the greatest military leaders in history, Napoleon Bonaparte, 'The Little Corporal', was born in Corsica.
Napoleon secretly left Egypt for Paris, where he conspired to stage a coup d'etat and was named first consul on 9 November 1799.
There Napoleon learned that the French, and especially the army, were unhappy with the treatment of the restored Bourbon leadership.
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 French royalty -- The Bonapartes: Napoleon II
Napoleon II's mothers family was the Hapsburg Princess Maria Louise, daughter of Austrain Emperor Francis II.
Napoleon II's father was one of the central figures of modern European history--the Emperor Napoleon Boneparte.
Napoleon II conveniently died at the young age of 21 while the Bourbons still rule France.
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 Napoleon II of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt (March 20, 1811 – July 22, 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French.
Napoléon François Joseph Charles, known from birth as the King of Rome, was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
He was styled as HM The King of Rome, which Napoleon I declared was the courtesy title of the heir-apparent.
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 Napoleon II - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Napoleon II 1811-32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of Rome (1811-14), as the prince of Parma (1814-18), and after that as the duke of Reichstadt.
Women Ride II recognizes female bikers: Napoleon motorcycle dealership sponsors event attended by 250.
Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte With A Sketch Of Josephine: Chapter II.
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Napoleon meditating before the tomb of Frederick II of Prussia in the crypt of the Garnisonkirche in Potsdam
Ponce-Camus here echoes this uncertainty and shows Napoleon meditating before the tomb of Frederick II of Prussia in the crypt of the Garnisonkirche in Potsdam, on 26 October, 1806.
Whilst it is unlikely that there were so many people around Napoleon in the tomb on that day, nevertheless Napoleon's pose and expression of absorption seem to ring true.
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 Earth-Napoleon Wins (West Coast Avengers story)
Napoleon III took that numbering since he knew that Napoleon I had wanted his son by an Austrian Hapsburg princess to rule; however, after Napoleon I's defeat at Waterloo (see below), this Austrian son never ruled, since the previous Bourbon royal family was restored in France.
Though Napoleon later returned from Elba to France on March 1, 1815, to form a new army in another attempt at glory, that was only to face, 100 days later, his Waterloo (and 150 years later the embarrassment of the ABBA song).
Napoleon was the subject of quite a few period costume dramas in past decades, such as adaptions of Tolsoy's War and Peace, but probably the most famous relatively recent portrayal of him was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
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 The Eaglet in Uniform
Napoleon II, often referred to as the Eaglet (l’Aiglon), was born in 1811 and was only three years old when he was separated from his father.
Young Napoleon II According to Dormer Creston, the boy’s passion for soldiering was no passing phase.
Marmont knew Napoleon from the siege at Toulon and performed with distinction in Napoleon’s Army from the Italian Campaign until the 1813 Campaign where he negotiated with the Allies and surrendered his corps.
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 Napoleon II - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Napoleon II (1811-1832), son of Napoleon I and Empress Marie-Louise, whom Napoleon I named as successor when he abdicated in 1814.
Francis II (Holy Roman Empire) (1768-1835), last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806) and, as Francis I, first emperor of Austria (1804-1835).
Napoleon I (1769-1821), First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804) as Napoleon Bonaparte, and Emperor of the French (1804-1814; March-June...
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LE NAPOLEON II was built in 1851 in Medford, Mass.
In 1869 the Napoleon departed from Christiania for Quebec.
The Napoleon was mastered by J. Ammundsen, and had a crew of 18.
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 Book 1, Chapter 1
Napoleon replied in these words, which should be written in gold, and are sufficient of themselves to repel half the slanders his enemies have uttered against him.
Napoleon having retired to Malmaison, General Beker was sent by the provisionary government to hasten his departure to America.
Napoleon had not the slightest doubt his proposition would be accepted, and was preparing to take horse and join the army, when the refusal was brought him.
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 Napoleon's Son   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Napoleon blamed himself for this failure, until 1809, when one of his mistresses delivered a healthy baby boy, which unfortunately Napoleon could not recognize legally as his heir.
He was christened: Napoleon François-Joseph Charles, and as heir to the French Empire, Napoleon gave him the title, King of Rome.
After Napoleon's fall, there was general expectation that the young King of Rome would be named his successor, under the regency of his mother, Empress Maria Louisa, but Talleyrand blocked this move and arranged for the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty.
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 Napoleonic Succession Laws
Title II dealt with "heredity" and it forms the basis of the succession law.
A few months later, on September 4, 1870, the Second Empire was abolished in Paris after the disasters of the Franco-Prussian war and the capture of the Emperor by the Prussian armies in Sedan.
Napoleon III's style was "Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et la volonté nationale, Empereur des Français".
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 Napoleon II — Infoplease.com
Napoleon II Napoleon II, 1811–32, son of Napoleon I and
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 Royalty.nu - The Royal History of France - The Bonapartes
The Gentle Bonaparte: A Biography of Joseph, Napoleon's Elder Brother by Owen Connelly.
Napoleon II, the King of Rome, L'Aiglon by Octave Aubry and Elizabeth Abbott.
Charles-Lucien was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and a well-known naturalist.
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 France - Napoleon I the Great - Miscellaneous   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Grand Duchy of Warsaw was a satelite statea and in 1810, Napoleon married the daughter of the Austrian emperor, but Napoleon's plans for world conquest and to create the United States of Europe failed with the decisive defeats of Trafalgar (1805), Torres Vedras (1810-11), Salamanca (1812), Leipzig (1813), and Waterloo (1815).
The Bank of France, the Treaty of Amiens, the Napoleonic Code, the Legion of Honor, the Arc de Triomphe, La Madeleine church, the University of France, the annexation of Nice and Savoy, and the modernization of Paris are just some of the many amazing accomplishments of the years when Napoleon and his nephew ruled France.
Napoleon had an army in Egypt from 1798-1801, had obtained the Louisiana Territory from 1800-1803, and had control of Haiti until it gained independence in 1804.
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 Williams Connection to Napoleon
Napoleon made him king of Spain, 1808-1813, he migrated to America after Waterloo, in 1815.
Napoleon arranged for his brother, Louis, to marry the daughter of Napoleon's second wife.
Susan is a descendant of Ethelred II the Unready, King of England, d 1016 (RD500:435-6).
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 NAPOLEON II - Online Information article about NAPOLEON II
NAPOLEON II - Online Information article about NAPOLEON II English
Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
Louis Napoleon to justify his own See also:
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 Napoleon I Biography - Biography.com
Intending to break British trade by conquering Egypt, he captured Malta (1798), and entered Cairo, defeating the Turks; but after the French fleet was destroyed by Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 (also known as The Battle of Aboukir Bay), he returned to France (1799), having learned of French reverses in Europe.
He then routed the Austrians at Marengo (1800), made further gains at the Treaty of Luneville (1801), and consolidated French domination by the Concordat with Rome and the Peace of Amiens with England (1802).
A great number of political and social reforms resulted, including the abolition of feudalism and serfdom, freedom of religion in most occupied states, the granting of constitutions, universal male suffrage, and parliaments.
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