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ARTICLES RELATED TO Band of the 10th of December | | | |  Band of the 10th of December: Encyclopedia II - Louis Bonaparte - King of HollandHis brother Napoleon made him king of Holland on June 5, 1806. Intended by his older brother as little more than a French governor, Louis took his duties as King seriously, calling himself King Lodewijk I (adopting the Dutch form of his name), attempting to learn the Dutch language and trying hard to be a responsible, independent ruler of Holland.
During his reign, Holland was struck by two major tragedies: the explosion of a ship filled with gunpowder in the heart of the city of Leiden in 1807, and a major flooding in 1809. In both tragedies, Louis personally and effectively oversaw local relief efforts, which he ...
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| | | | Band of the 10th of December: Encyclopedia II - Louis Bonaparte - Marriage and children Louis was married on January 4, 1802 to Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of deceased general Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and his wife Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie. Josephine had become first wife of his brother Napoleon. Thus Hortense was also a niece-by-marriage to Louis.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and Hortense de Beauharnais had three sons:
Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, born December 10, 1802, Prince Royal of Holland. When he died on May 5, 1807 at 4½ years of age, his body lay in state at Notre Dame Cathedral in ...
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