Louis Napoléon, Prince Imperial
Noble person
1856 – 1879
Who was Louis Napoléon, Prince Imperial?
Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Fils de France, prince impérial de France, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England. On his father's death in January 1873, he was proclaimed Napoleon IV, Emperor of the French by the Bonapartist faction.
In England he trained as a soldier. Keen to see action, he successfully put pressure on the British to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu war. In 1879, serving with British forces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death sent shockwaves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of the Bonapartes to the throne of France.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1856
Tuileries Palace - Also known as
- Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial
- Napoléon, Prince Imperial
- Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- King's College London
- Died
- Jun 1, 1879
South Africa - Resting place
- St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
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on July 23, 2013
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