Napoléon Eugène Louis
(Louis-Napoléon)
"Prince Impérial"
Bonaparte
Born in Château des Tuileries, Paris, Seine, France
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
and María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina (Palafox) Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick
Died
at age 23
in Ulundi, Zululand, South Africa
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Biography
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Imperial Prince
Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte (known as Louis-Napoléon) was the only child of Napoléon III Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, and Eugenia de Montijo.
He was born on 16 March 1856 in Paris. He was baptized, in a grandiose ceremony, on 14 June 1856 in the Notre-Dame cathedral; Pope Pius IX was his godfather; his godmother was Queen Victoria, represented by Joséphine de Beauharnais, Queen of Sweden and cousin of Napoléon III.
Exile in England
After the proclamation of the 3rd Republic in 1870, the prince took refuge in Camden Place near London with his mother. They were joined by Napoléon III in March 1871.
The prince was admitted to the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich on 17 November 1872.
In 1873, his father Napoléon III died; bonapartists recognized Louis-Napoléon as the heir of the Bonaparte dynasty.
Death
In 1879, Louis-Napoléon asked to be allowed to participate in the Anglo-Zulu War with British forces.
He was killed on 1 June 1879 in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death (he was 23 years old) caused a deep shock in France and Europe.
He was buried in Saint Michael's Abbey in Farnborough.
Sources
See also:
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Wikipédia)
- Wikidata: Item Q221549, fr:Wikipedia
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Napoleon-5 and Bonaparte-5 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Napoleon-5 and his parents and grandparents are all duplicates and should be merged.
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