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Napoleon III, born Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was for two decades the dictator of France, as the only President of the Second French Republic (1848-1852) and the only emperor of the Second French Empire (1852-1870). He ruled as Emperor of the French until September 1870, when he was captured in the Franco-Prussian War. He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.
He was the nephew of the legendary General and Emperor Napoleon I of France.
Napoleon III in Southern Victory[]
Emperor Napoleon III of France installed Maximilian of Austria as Emperor of Mexico in the 1860s, a move opposed by the United States under the Monroe Doctrine.[1] Napoleon saw the United States' defeats in the War of Secession as advantageous to France's Mexican venture.
In late 1862, despite opposition to slavery, Napoleon extended diplomatic recognition to the Confederate States and supported British military protection over that country,[2][3] thus beginning an alliance between France and the CS that would continue through the Second Great War over 80 years later. This eventually turned out to have been a major strategic blunder for which France paid a heavy price, since it threw the United States into the arms of Imperial Germany[4] in a rival alliance which triumphed in both the Great War and the Second Great War.
Ultimately, Napoleon was forced to abdicate in 1870 during the disastrous Franco-Prussian War.[5]
References[]
- ↑ American Front, pg. 8.
- ↑ How Few Remain, pg. 33.
- ↑ American Front, pgs. 1-8.
- ↑ How Few Remain, pg. 571.
- ↑ Ibid, pg. 232.
| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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| Preceded by Louis-Eugène Cavaignac as Chief of the Executive Power |
President of the French Second Republic 1848-1852 |
Succeeded by Himself as Emperor of the Second Empire |
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| Preceded by Himself as President of the Second Republic; Louis-Philippe as King of the French |
Emperor of the French 1852-1870 |
Succeeded by Monarchy abolished; Louis Jules Trochu as interim head of state for the Third Republic |
| Royal offices (Southern Victory) | ||
| Preceded by Himself as President; Louis-Philippe as King of France |
Emperor of the French 1852-1870 |
Succeeded by Unknown (Empire abolished, Third Republic established), Next known head of state is King Charles XI |
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