Napoleon IV | |
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Emperor of the French
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Photo of the Emperor in more modest attire | |
3rd Emperor of the French | |
Reign | 8 October 1873 - present |
Coronation | 2 April 1874 |
Predecessor | Napoleon III(As Emperor) Empress Eugénie(Acted as Regent) |
Prince Imperial | |
Reign | 16 March 1856 - 8 October 1873 |
Predecessor | Napoleon II |
Successor | Charles Louis Napoleon Francis Joseph |
Born | 16 March 1856 Paris, French Empire |
Consort | Empress Gisela |
Issue | Charles Louis Napoleon Francis Joseph, Prince of Burgundy Guillaume Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Napoleon Henri, Prince of Normandy |
Full name | |
Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph | |
House | Bonaparte |
Father | Emperor Napoleon III |
Mother | Empress Eugénie |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Napoleon IV (full name: Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte) was the only child of the Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Empress Eugénie. He assumed the throne in 8 October 1873 after his father death. although only fully reigned after 16 March 1874.
As the heir to the throne from birth, Napoleon IV was trained to be Emperor and fully hold its constitutional duties. After a well founded attempt to make an alliance with the South German Empire, Napoleon III arranged an marriage between his son and the daughter of Franz Joseph I, South German Emperor. From that union, it has currently been born Charles Louis Napoleon, Prince of Burgundy (25th October 1874) and Guillaume Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Napoleon Henri, Prince of Normandy (29th March 1876).
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