Napoléon Louis Bonaparte
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| Louis II | |
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 Portrait by Félix Cottrau after Jean-Baptiste Wicar | |
| King of Holland | |
| Reign | 1 – 13 July 1810 |
| Predecessor | Louis I |
| Successor | William I as King of Netherlands |
| Grand Duke of Berg | |
| Reign | 3 March 1809 – 1 December 1813 |
| Predecessor | Joachim |
| Regent | Napoleon |
| Born | 11 October 1804 Paris, First French Empire |
| Died | 17 March 1831 (aged 26) Forlì, Papal States |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Charlotte Bonaparte |
| House | Bonaparte |
| Father | Louis Bonaparte |
| Mother | Hortense de Beauharnais |
| Royal styles of Louis II of Holland | ||
|---|---|---|
Reference style His Majesty | | |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty | |
Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte (11 October 1804 – 17 March 1831) was
Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife. His younger brother, Louis-Napoléon, became Emperor of the French in 1852 as Napoleon III
.
Biography
Napoléon Louis's brother,
Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, who was styled the King of Rome
and later the Duke of Reichstadt.
In 1809, Napoléon I appointed him as Grand Duke of
Berg
, a status he kept until 1813.
On 1 July 1810,
Louis I of Holland abdicated his throne in favour of Napoléon Louis.[1]
For the nine days between his father's abdication and the fall of Holland to the invading French army in July 1810, Napoléon Louis reigned as Lodewijk II, King of Holland.
When Napoléon I was deposed in 1815 after the
Napoleonic Empire
.
On 23 July 1826 Napoléon Louis married his first cousin,
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte settled in Italy, where they espoused liberal politics and became involved with the Carbonari
, an organization fighting Austria's domination of northern Italy.
On 17 March 1831, while fleeing Italy due to a crackdown on revolutionary activity by Papal and Austrian troops, Napoléon Louis, suffering from
Napoléon III
in 1852.
Napoléon Louis is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, Île-de-France.
Gallery
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Portrait by François Kinson, c. 1810 -
With family andEmperor Alexander I of Russia at Château de Malmaison -
Portrait with his father, Louis Bonaparte, by Jean-Baptiste Wicar -
Posthumous portrait, 1858 -
Coat of arms of Napoleon Louis Bonaparte as Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg -
Coat of arms of Napoleon Louis Bonaparte as King of Holland
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Napoléon Louis Bonaparte.
- ^ Foissy, M. (1830). La famille Bonaparte depuis 1264 (in French). Paris: Vergne. p. 101.
- ISBN 978-0-0025-5787-0.
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