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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.
NAPOLEON II. Napoleon François Charles Joseph (1811-1832), Roi de Rome, French emperor, Prince de Parme, Duc de Reichstadt. On 20 March, 1811, a salvo of one hundred cannon shots broke the news to the city of Paris: the long-awaited son of the emperor had been born at the Tuileries Palace.
On this day the only legitimate descendant of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, his son Napoleon II, born by the Austrian Archduchess Maria Luisa, died. Napoleon II was born in 1811, and his father was awarded the title of “King of Rome” (Roi de Rome).
Reclaiming his empire on March 1, 1815, Napoleon ruled for 100 days until his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. After this, he again named his infant son as Emperor. The Empress was confirmed as ruler of Parma but the victors stipulated that Napoleon II would never govern or succeed her.
Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
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.
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Napoleon II was the son of Napoleon and his second wife, Marie Louise. He was born, with much difficulty , on March 20, 1811, at the Tuileries Palace in Paris. A salvo of one hundred cannons broke the news to the city of Paris.
