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Basic data

  1. Bonaparte, Charles Louis Napoléon
  2. April 20, 1808 in Paris
  3. †
    January 9, 1873 in Chislehurst bei London
  4. Paris, London

Iconography

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The lakeside house at Arenenberg, Switzerland, where Louis Napoleon spent much of his youth and exile (Source: Wikimedia)
Etching portrait of Louis Napoleon at the time of his failed coup in 1836 (Source: Wikimedia)
Louis Napoleon launching his failed coup in Strasbourg in 1836 (Source: Wikimedia)
Louis Napoleon's 1840 attempt to lead an uprising against King Louis Philippe ended in fiasco and ridicule. He was sentenced to prison for life in the fortress of Ham in Northern France. (Source: Wikimedia)
Louis Napoleon in his room in the fortress of Ham where he studied, wrote, and conducted scientific experiments. He later often referred to what he had learned at "the University of Ham". (Source: Wikimedia)
Louis Napoleon as a member of the National Assembly in 1848. He spoke rarely in the Assembly, but, because of his name, had enormous popularity in the country. (Source: Wikimedia)
Louis Napoleon captured 74.2 percent of votes cast in the first French direct presidential elections in 1848. (Source: Wikimedia)
Silver coin: 5 franc, 1852, Under Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte as president (Source: Wikimedia)
Silver coin: 5 franc, 1870, Under Emperor Napoleon III (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Napoleon III in 1853 (by Franz Xaver Winterhalter) (Source: Wikimedia)
Daguerreotype of Napoleon III c. 1850–1855 (Source: Wikimedia)
The Prince-President in 1852, after the coup d'état (Source: Wikimedia)
Photograph of Louis Napoleon (1852) by Gustave Le Gray (Source: Wikimedia)
Georges-Eugène Haussmann and Napoleon III make official the annexation of eleven communes around Paris to the city. The annexation increased the size of the city from twelve to the present twenty arrondissements. (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie with their young son Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III and Abdelkader El Djezairi, the Algerian military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion of Algeria (Source: Wikimedia)
Portait of Napoleon III in military uniform in 1855, during the Crimean War (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III with the French forces at the Battle of Solferino, which secured the Austrian withdrawal from Italy. He was horrified by the casualties and ended the war soon after the battle. (Source: Wikimedia)
Reception of the Siamese ambassadors by Napoleon III at the palace of Fontainebleau, 27 June 1861 (painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme)[102][103] (Source: Wikimedia)
The Tuileries Palace during the gala soirée of 10 June 1867, hosted by Napoleon III for the sovereigns attending the Paris International Exhibition of 1867. (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III c. 1870-1873, visibly weakened by his rapidly declining health. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Napoleon III in 1868 by Adolphe Yvon (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan (by Wilhelm Camphausen) (Source: Wikimedia)
Surrender of Napoleon III after the Battle of Sedan, 1 September 1870 (Source: Wikimedia)
The last photograph of Napoleon III (1872) (Source: Wikimedia)
Napoleon III after his death, wood-engraving in The Illustrated London News of 25 January 1873, after a photograph by Mssrs. Downey (Source: Wikimedia)
Tomb of Napoleon III (Source: Wikimedia)
Paul Hadol's caricature of Marguerite Bellanger toying with Napoleon (Source: Wikimedia)
Bust of Napoleon III, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, c. 1873 (Source: Wikimedia)

Documents

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Sohn von Louis Napoléon Bonaparte und dessen Frau Hortense de Beauharnais; 1848 bis 1852 französischer Staatspräsident, 1852 bis 1870 Kaiser von Frankreich

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