Bonapartism
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Bonapartism is the political ideology supervening from Napoleon Bonaparte and his followers and successors. The term is used in the narrow sense to refer to people who hoped to restore the House of Bo
"The Four Napoleons", 1858 propaganda image depicting Napoleon I, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, and Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial
Jacques Louis David The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries Google Art Project
Le duc de Reichstadt
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon III
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Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first elected president, second emperor, and the last
Bonapartism
…Those who ruled are indicated with an asterisk. In Marxist theory, the term "Bonapartism" was coined to describe the political trajectory of Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon I, who was known as Louis (Napoleon) Bonaparte before his coronation as Emperor. Karl Marx was a student of Jacobinism and the…
The lakeside house at Arenenberg, Switzerland, where Louis Napoleon spent much of his youth and exile
Etching portrait of Louis Napoleon at the time of his failed coup in 1836
Louis Napoleon launching his failed coup in Strasbourg in 1836