Napoleon III

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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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Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

According to legend, the founder expanded the store with a financial reward from Napoleon III, after calming horses that had been spooked while pulling the carriage of Napoleon’s wife, Empress Eugénie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

Even Napoleon III, an ally of the pope, expressed concern.

From New York Times ● May 23, 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

Mrs. Dudley Leigh had been in her girlhood much admired in the Court of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers