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NAPOLEON II

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 211 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NAPOLEON II  ., See also:emperor of the See also:French, the See also:style given by the Bonapartists to the son of See also:Napoleon I., Napoleon See also:Francis See also:Joseph See also:Charles, See also:duke of See also:Reichstadt (q.v.) . The fact that in 1814, by Napoleon I.'s See also:abdication in his favour, the See also:king of See also:Rome (as he was then styled) became for a few days titular emperor " by the will of the See also:people," was held by See also:Prince See also:Louis Napoleon to justify his own See also:assumption of the style of Napoleon III. which, as seeming to involve a dynastic claim, gave such offence to the legitimist See also:powers, notably the emperor See also:Nicholas I. of See also:Russia .

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