Napoleon III
1808 – 1873 French President of France; Emperor of the French (Napoleon III)
First president and last monarch of France.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliations
- House of Bonaparte; not a documented Freemason.
Louis-Napoleon was elected France's first president in 1848 and then seized power to become Emperor Napoleon III. He modernized Paris under Baron Haussmann and expanded French influence abroad. His capture in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 ended the Second Empire.
Connections
- family of Napoleon Bonaparte — Uncle of Napoleon III.
In the timeline
- 1838 Schneider family acquires Le Creusot mentioned
- 1852 Napoleon III proclaimed Emperor of the French central figure
- 1852 Napoleon III announces French debt conversion central figure
- 1855 Exposition Universelle of 1855 mentioned
- 1858 Plombieres Agreement mentioned
- 1861 – 1867 French Intervention in Mexico mentioned
- 1864 Founding of Société Générale mentioned
- 1864 Societe Generale founded under Napoleon III central figure
- 1870 – 1871 Franco-Prussian War mentioned
- 1870 Fall of the Second French Empire mentioned
- 1870 French Third Republic takes root mentioned