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Napoleon III

President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)

  • Fame73.2
  • Momentum0.0
  • France rank#222
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame73.2
  • Momentum0.0
  • France rank#222
  • Wikipedia209.5K
Lived 1808–1873, aged 65France
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  • Wikipedia
    110 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in France
    #222
    Politicians
  • Era
    1808–1873
    Aged 65
  • Awards
    13
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

The nephew who seized his uncle's crown. Napoleon III turned two failed coups and a prison sentence into the French presidency, then ditched the constitution, declared himself emperor, and ruled longer than any French head of state since the kings.

Biography

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Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was born in 1808 at the height of the First French Empire, son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, and nephew of Napoleon I. As a young man he led two failed coups against the July Monarchy and was imprisoned in 1840. After the February Revolution toppled that regime in 1848, he was elected president of the French Second Republic, then seized power by force in 1851 when he couldn't constitutionally run again. He proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1852, launching the Second Empire — 22 years that brought rapid industrialization, Haussmann's grand recon…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Napoleon III

Napoleon III
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All eyes were turned towards this man.
— by Victor Hugo
Napoleon III
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The President, functionary and servant, swore fidelity to the sovereign people.
— by Victor Hugo
Napoleon III
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In politics evils should be remedied not revenged.
— Napoléon III, Des Idées napoléoniennes, edited by Henri Colburn, London (1839), chapter 3, p. 39: En politique il faut guérir les maux,
Napoleon III
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Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.
— On his numerous mistresses, as quoted in The True Story of the Empress Eugénie (1921) by Guy Jean Raoul Eugène Charles Emmanuel de
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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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