Louis Bonaparte
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Louis Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland. In that capacity, he was known as L
Portrait of Louis Bonaparte by Charles Howard Hodges, 1809
Louis Bonaparte, Constable of the Empire by François Gérard, 1806
Louis defends Dutch independence against Napoleon. Painted by ten Kate
Portrait of Louis Bonaparte in Rome after his abdication, wearing the uniform of a Dutch cavalry general (Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, c. 1813)
Napoléon Louis Bonaparte
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Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte was Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves from 1809 to 1813 and King of Holland for less than two weeks in July 1810 as Louis II. He was a son of Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense. H
Louis Bonaparte
…went so far as to petition Bonaparte to remain in one place so they could keep up with him. Hortense bore Louis's sons Napoléon-Charles Bonaparte and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte in Paris, while Louis was in Holland. In 1806, Louis called for his son to be sent to him in Holland, but he was again refused by Hortense, who believed…
Portrait by Félix Cottrau after Jean-Baptiste Wicar
Portrait by François Kinson, c. 1810
With family and Emperor Alexander I of Russia at Château de Malmaison
Portrait with his father, Louis Bonaparte, by Jean-Baptiste Wicar