Napoleon III

American  

noun

1. Louis NapoleonCharles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).

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Napoleon III British  

noun

1. full name Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, known as Louis-Napoleon. 1808–73, Emperor of the French (1852–70); nephew of Napoleon I. He led two abortive Bonapartist risings (1836; 1840) and was elected president of the Second Republic (1848), establishing the Second Empire in 1852. Originally successful in foreign affairs, he was deposed after the disastrous Franco-Prussian War

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Example Sentences

From Marshal Vauban, whose belt of fortified cities protected Louis XIV’s France, to Baron Haussmann, who created boulevard-lined Paris for Napoleon III, the French have always shown administrative genius in their national building campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

New Caledonia became French in 1853 under Emperor Napoleon III, Napoleon’s nephew and heir.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock was deemed in need of further defences in case of an invasion from France under Napoleon III.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

Her 19th-century ancestors had owned a couturier house of fashion whose clientele included Eugenia, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

It would be wholly impossible even to hint at some of the charges which scandal in Europe persistently heaped on Victor Emanuel, the Emperor Napoleon III.,

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin