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Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte ( March 20, 1811 - July 22, 1832), Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

Three years after his birth in Paris, the First French Empire - to which he was heir - collapsed, and he was taken by the empress to Chateau Blois in April of 1814. In 1815, after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated in favor of his infant son. However Louis XVIII was restored and the younger Napoleon never occupied the French throne. He was awarded the title of Duke of Reichstadt in 1818.

After 1815, the younger Napoleon was a virtual prisoner in AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the, where he died of tuberculosisTuberculosis is also called TB consumption (TB seemed to consume people from within with its symptoms of bloody cough, fever, pallor, and long relentless wasting), wasting disease White Plague (TB sufferers appeared markedly pale), phthisis (Greek for con at Schönbrunn PalaceThe Schonbrunn Palace near Vienna is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and since the 1860s has also been one of the major tourist attractions in Vienna. Early History In the year 1569 the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II purchased th in ViennaThis article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna ( German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states Bundesland Wi on July 22, 1832. In 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F his remains were transferred, as a gift to France from Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler ( April 20, 1889 April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. In that capacity he was Chancellor of Germany, head of government, and head of state, ruling as a, from Vienna to the dome of Les InvalidesLes Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's origi in Paris, where he now rests beside his father.

Bonapartists referred to him as the King of Rome and as Napoleon II. Although this latter designation had (and still has) no official status, the next Napoleon to come to the throne of France took the name Napoleon III in deference to him. He was also known as "L'Aiglon", or "The Eaglet". Edmond Rostand wrote a play, L'Aiglon (play) about his life.

If taken very specifically, he did reign from 22 June, 1815 to 7 July, 1815, because of the fact that Louis XVIII was restored on 8 July, 1815.

Serbian composer, Petar Stojanovic composed an operetta " Napoleon II: Herzog von Reichstadt ", premiered in Vienna in the 1920s.


Preceded by:
Napoléon I
(Emperor of the French)
Head of State of France
(1st time)
(Emperor of the French)
(Apr. 4 - Apr. 6, 1814)
Succeeded by:
Louis XVIII
(King of France)


Preceded by:
Napoléon I
(Emperor of the French)
Head of State of France
(2nd time)
(Emperor of the French)
(Jun. 22 - Jul. 7, 1815)
Succeeded by:
Louis XVIII
(King of France)






1811 births 1832 deaths First French Empire



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