Napoleon III
Americannoun
noun
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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
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