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
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
Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned and exiled in 1870, he mov
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…and a much grander ceremony was held a few days later at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. In 1856, Eugénie gave birth to a son and heir-apparent, Napoléon, Prince Imperial. With an heir to the throne secured, Napoleon resumed his "petites distractions" with other women. Eugénie faithfully performed the duties of an empress…
Louis-Napoléon in 1878
Louis-Napoléon at age 14, 1870
Studio portrait of the Prince Imperial, c. 1875
Louis-Napoléon in South Africa