Louis Bonaparte - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Louis Bonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Bonaparte - King Of Holland
His brother Napoleon made him king of Holland on June 5, 1806. Intended by his older brother as little more than a French governor, Louis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1806: Encyclopedia - 1806
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 10: Encyclopedia - April 10
April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining. April 10 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lumpenproletariat: Encyclopedia - Lumpenproletariat
The lumpenproletariat (German Lumpenproletariat, "rabble-proletariat") is a term originally defined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dutch Monarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dutch Monarchy - History
The first king of the Netherland, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon I installed his brother Louis Bonaparte as king over what wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dutch Monarchy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dutch Monarchy - History
The first king of the Netherlands, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon I installed his brother Louis Bonaparte as king over what w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constable Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Constable Of France - Constables Of France
Constable of France - Constables of the Kings of France 1060–1626. Alberic 1060–1065 Balberic 1065–1069 Gauthier 1069–1071 Ade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonapartist: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonapartist - The Bonapartist Claimants
The "Law of Succession" Napoleon I established on becoming Emperor in 1804 provided that the Bonapartist claim to the throne should pass ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jules Grévy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jules Grévy - Biography
Born at Mont-sous-Vaudrey in the Jura mountains, he became an advocate in 1837, and, having steadily maintained republican principles und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Murat: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Murat - Life Account
He was born to Pierre Murat-Jordy (1721 - 1799) and Jeanne Loubieres (1721 - 1806). His father was an innkeeper. A brilliant and dashing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Early Life
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, as he was known before becoming emperor, was the son of Hortense de Beauharnais, who was the daughter of Napol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pauline Bonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Pauline Bonaparte - Prior To Napoleon's Rise To Power
Pauline was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. She was the sixth surviving child and second surviving daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ram...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Ruler Of France
Napoleon I of France - The coup of 18 Brumaire. While in Egypt, Bonaparte had kept a close eye on European affairs, relying largely on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucien Bonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucien Bonaparte - Revolutionary Activities
Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, and educated in mainland France, Lucien returned to Corsica at the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Ruler Of France
Napoleon I of France - The coup of 18 Brumaire. While in Egypt, Bonaparte had kept a close eye on European affairs, relying largely on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlo Buonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Carlo Buonaparte - Marriage And Children
He is said to have been in love with a girl of the Forcioli family. His paternal uncle Archdeacon Luciano Buonaparte (January 8, 1718 - O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Modern States
List of extinct states - States and territories grouped by geographical location. In and around what is now Bulgaria Third Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - Origins
Napoleon Bonaparte was approached by one of a member of the Directory, Sieyès, seeking his support for a coup to overthrow the constitut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Exile In Saint Helena And Death
Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea) from 15 October 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - The Victorious General
Napoleon I of France - The whiff of grapeshot. In 1795, Bonaparte was serving in Paris when royalists and counter-revolutionaries organ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - First Commands And Toulon
At the age of sixteen Napoléone was commissioned a second lieutenant in the French army. While still a lieutenant Napoléone served in V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucien Bonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucien Bonaparte - Later Years
With the pope a prisoner of Napoleon in 1809, Lucien was sailing for the United States, when he was captured instead by the British and p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Childhood And Early Life
He was born Napoleone Buonaparte (in Corsican, Nabolione or Nabulione) in the city of Ajaccio on Corsica on 15 August 1769, only one year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Marriages And Children
Napoleon was married twice: March 9, 1796 to Joséphine de Beauharnais. He formally adopted her son Eugène and cousin Stéphanie after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pauline Bonaparte: Encyclopedia Ii - Pauline Bonaparte - After Napoleon's Rise To Power
After her numerous love affairs became an embarrassment, Napoleon had Pauline married to Charles Leclerc, one of his generals. She accomp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Legacy
An important legacy of Napoléon's III reign was the rebuilding of Paris. Part of the design decisions were taken in order to reduce the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Opinions
Napoléon III, to this day, has not enjoyed the prestige that Napoléon I enjoyed. Victor Hugo portrayed him as "Napoléon the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Exile In Saint Helena And Death
Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea) from 15 October 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Legacy
Napoleon is credited with introducing the concept of the modern professional conscript army to Europe, an innovation which other states e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - From Consulate To Empire
Bonaparte, though an emperor, was in a relatively dangerous position compared to other authoritarian European monarchs of the time. Aware...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - Early Victories
In the first of these campaigns Bonaparte swept away the remnants of the old Holy Roman Empire, and out of its shattered fragments create...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Legacy
Napoleon is credited with introducing the concept of the modern professional conscript army to Europe, an innovation which other states e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Emperor Of The French
Napoleon III of France - Authoritarian Empire. New constitutional statutes were passed which officially maintained an elected Parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Marriages And Children
Napoleon was married twice: March 9, 1796 to Joséphine de Beauharnais. He formally adopted her son Eugène and cousin Stéphanie after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Exile In Saint Helena And Death
Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea) from 15 October 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - Early Life And Military Career
He was born Napoleone Buonaparte (in Corsican, Nabolione or Nabulione) in the city of Ajaccio on Corsica on 15 August 1769, only one year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - President Of The French Republic
Louis-Napoléon lived in Great Britain until the revolution of February 1848 in France deposed King Louis Phillipe and established a Repu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Demise
Napoléon III paid the price for his Austrian blunder in 1870 when, forced by the diplomacy of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - Intrigues Unrest And Corruption
But undermining forces already impinged: the faults inherent in his unwieldy achievement. Britain, his chief enemy, was persistently acti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - At The Crossroads
After the Treaties of Tilsit, however (July 1807), instead of trying to reconcile Europe to his grandeur, Napoleon had but one thought: t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon I Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon I Of France - The Victorious General
Napoleon I of France - The whiff of grapeshot. In 1795, Bonaparte was serving in Paris when royalists and counter-revolutionaries organ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First French Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - First French Empire - The Endgame
(see main articles on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia and the Sixth Coalition ) Napoleon had hardly succeeded in putting down the revolt in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Extinct States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Extinct States - Ancient And Medieval States
States and realms that disappeared in ancient history. List of extinct states - Ancient Europe North Africa and the Near East. Adiaben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleon Iii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleon Iii Of France - Emperor Of The French
Napoleon III of France - Authoritarian Empire. New constitutional statutes were passed which officially maintained an elected Parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Bonaparte: 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 w...   » Read the article