Napoleon II

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noun

François Charles Joseph Bonaparte; Duke of Reichstadt, 1811–32, titular king of Rome (son of Napoleon I).

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How to use Napoleon II in a sentence

The partisans of the regency reproached him for not having proclaimed Napoleon II.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.
Had they been sensible of their situation, they would spontaneously have proclaimed Napoleon II.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.
It is besides as advantageous, as it is just and politic, to acknowledge Napoleon II., and to govern in his name.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.
It was, in favour of his son, that he abdicated: his abdication is void, if Napoleon II.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.

(p. 248) In the existing state of things there were only two courses to be pursued: either to proclaim Napoleon II.
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II|Fleury de Chaboulon.

British Dictionary definitions for Napoleon II

Napoleon II

noun

Duke of Reichstadt. 1811–32, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise. He was known as the King of Rome during the first French empire and was entitled Napoleon II by Bonapartists after Napoleon I's death (1821)

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