Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Austrian ambassador to France, wrote of the baptism:

The baptism, inspired by the baptismal ceremony of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France, was held on 9 June 1811 in Notre Dame de Paris. On the same day he underwent ondoiement (a traditional French ceremony which is a simple baptism unaccompanied by the usual additional ceremonies) by Joseph Fesch with his full name of Napoleon François Charles Joseph. Napoleon ll was born on 20 March 1811, at the Tuileries Palace, the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise. His cousin, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, founded the Second French Empire in 1852 and ruled as Emperor Napoleon III.īiography Empress Marie Louise and her son Napoleon, King of Rome, by François Gérard, 1813 Birth He lived most of his life in Vienna and died of tuberculosis at the age of 21.

Although Napoleon II never actually ruled France, he was briefly the titular Emperor of the French after the second fall of his father. However, the coalition victors refused to acknowledge his son as successor, and Napoleon I was forced to abdicate unconditionally some days later. When Napoleon I tried to abdicate on 4 April 1814, he said that his son would rule as emperor. He was posthumously given the nickname L'Aiglon ('the Eaglet') after the popular Edmond Rostand play, L'Aiglon.

After the fall of his father, he lived the rest of his life in Vienna and was known in the Austrian court as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt for his adult life (from the German version of his second given name, along with a title his grandfather granted him in 1818). Napoleon II had been Prince Imperial of France and King of Rome since birth. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Napoleon II (Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte 20 March 1811 – 22 July 1832) was the disputed Emperor of the French for a few weeks in 1815. French: Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte

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