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Napoleon II (Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte; 20 March 1811 – 22 July 1832) was the disputed Emperor of the French for a few weeks in 1815. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Napoleon II had been Prince Imperial of France and King of Rome since birth.
Between 1852 and 1870, there was a Second French Empire, when a member of the Bonaparte dynasty again ruled France: Napoleon III, the youngest son of Louis Bonaparte. However, during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the dynasty was again ousted from the Imperial Throne.
Napoleon II, also known as the Aiglon, was the only son of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise. He became French emperor for a few days in 1814 and 1815, but died in 1832 in Vienna.
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Napoléon II was born in Paris in 1811. In 1814, Napoleon I was defeated during the War of the Sixth Coalition and then forced to resign by his own officers. Napoleon I originally wanted Napoleon II to succeed him, but that was rejected by the coalition.
The victors, fearing that Napoleon II had inherited his father's military ambitions, were determined to prevent another Bonaparte imperial project. Napoleon II's reign as Emperor is dated from June 22 until July 7, 1815.
Dec 5, 2023 · On December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French, becoming Napoleon I. Years after his downfall, on December 2, 1852, his nephe...
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Napoléon II aura été « empereur des Français » durant deux semaines, alors qu'il ne se trouvait pas en France [23]. C'est en raison du règne, aussi bref que théorique, de Napoléon II que Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte se proclame empereur des Français sous le nom de Napoléon III.
