Napoleon III
Former President of France
Napoleon III was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed in absentia on 4 September 1870.
Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon... Wikipedia
Born: April 20, 1808, Paris, France
Died: January 9, 1873 (age 64 years), Chislehurst, United Kingdom
Parents: Louis Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais
Spouse: Eugénie de Montijo (m. 1853–1873)
Children: Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Alexandre Bure, Bonaventur Karrer, and more
Full name: Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
Deposed date: September 4, 1870
Napoleon III was a popular monarch who oversaw the modernization of the French economy and filled Paris with new boulevards and parks. He expanded the French ...
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Emperor of the French from 1851 to 1870. After a turbulent youth and several attempts to seize power during the July MonarchyThe July Monarchy (1830-1848) comes ...
When he became Emperor, he created pensions for civil servants, favoured mutual aid societies or social housing, and authorized the right to strike in 1864.
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Napoléon III (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873), also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was the first President of the French Republic and the last monarch ...
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was President of the French Republic from 1848 to 1851. He was the first and only President of the Second Republic.
Napoleon III led his army into battle but he and his soldiers were defeated and captured at Sedan on 2 September 1870. This was the end of the Second Empire.
He sided with Sicily against Austria (1859) and was victorious at the Battle of Solferino. He aided Italy in achieving unity and annexed Savoy and Nice (1860).