Portrait of Emperor Napoleon III

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1808-1873). The nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, he attempted coups in 1836 and 1840 before becoming president of the Second Republic following the revolution of 1848. He became Emperor in 1852 and allied with Britain and Turkey during the Crimean War of 1854-6. He was captured at Sedan following the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and exiled to Chislehurst in Kent with his wife, the Empress Eugenie and his son, the Prince Imperial. Napoleon died in 1873 and his son was killed in the Zulu War just six years later

1808 1836 1852 1854 Attempted Bonaparte Chislehurst Coups Disastrous Eugenie Exiled Nephew Sedan Zulu

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