Charles Louis Napoleon (Louis) Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon III
1808–73
President of the French Republic, 1848–52. Proclaimed emperor of the French, as Napoleon III, in 1852. Defeated in the war with Prussia in 1870 and deposed, after which he lived in Chislehurst, Kent.
Source
EB s.v. Napoleon III.
Bibliography
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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