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Napoleon III

1808 - 1873

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Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last monarch of France. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. He was born at the height of the First French Empire in the Tuileries Palace at Paris, the son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (r. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Napoleon III is the 134th most popular politician (down from 89th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from France (down from 30th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Politician.

Napoleon III was most famous for being the Emperor of France from 1852-1870. He was the nephew of Napoleon I and the son of Louis Bonaparte.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Napoleon III ranks 134 out of 19,576. Before him are Hirohito, Mary I of England, Louis XIII of France, Selim I, Ferdinand Marcos, and Ashoka. After him are Al Gore, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ivan the Terrible, Boris Yeltsin, Heinrich Himmler, and Tiberius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Napoleon III ranks 1. After him are Honoré Daumier, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, and Johann Gustav Droysen. Among people deceased in 1873, Napoleon III ranks 1. After him are John Stuart Mill, David Livingstone, Justus von Liebig, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Alessandro Manzoni, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, John of Saxony, Edwin Landseer, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

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In France

Among people born in France, Napoleon III ranks 39 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Cézanne (1839), Coco Chanel (1883), John Calvin (1509), Louis XIII of France (1601), Paul Gauguin (1848), and Émile Durkheim (1858). After him are Louis XVIII of France (1755), Claudius (-10), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Charles Baudelaire (1821), Marcel Proust (1871), and Henry IV of France (1553).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Napoleon III ranks 11. Before him are Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), and Louis XIII of France (1601). After him are Louis XVIII of France (1755), Claudius (-10), Henry IV of France (1553), Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), and Louis XVII of France (1785).

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