For the next two decades, he steadily steered France into an era of prosperity, which allowed the country to gain some of its former glory it had under Napoleon Bonaparte. Prevented by the French constitution at the time from seeking reelection, he used his popular support to completely seize power and make himself emperor of France, i.e. Napoleon III, a nephew of famous French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, was the democratically elected president of the Second Republic of France from 1850 to 1852. Spouses: Eugénie de Montijo (married in 1853)Ĭhildren: Louis-Napoleon (also known as Napoleon, Prince Imperial) Maternal grandfather: Alexandre de Beauharnais
Maternal grandmother: Joséphine Bonaparte (formerly Joséphine de Beuharnais) Siblings: Napoleon Charles Bonaparte (1802-1807), Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte (1804 – 1831) Place of death: Chislehurst, Kent, England Portrait by Jean Hippolyte Flandrin, 1862] Napoleon III of France: Fast Facts
