Napoleon Louis Bonaparte



King of Holland (1810)

Born: October 11, 1804, Paris, France Died: March 17, 1831 Forlì, Italy

Son of Louis I of Holland, and Hortese de Beauharnais. His father was the younger brother of Emperor Napoleon I of France, while his mother was the daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon’s first wife. On the death of his elder brother, Napoleon Louis became Prince Royal of the Kingdom of Holland. It also made him the eldest nephew of the Emperor, who at that time had no children and heir to the throne, a status he lost on March 20, 1811, when his uncle’s second wife, Marie Louise of Austria, gave birth to Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, styled King of Rome

In 1809 Napoleon appointed him as Grand Duke of Berg, a status he kept until 1813. After his father’s abdication, Louis II reigned as King of Holland until the invasion of the Napoleon’s army in 1810. When Napoleon was deposed in 1815 after the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Louis fled into exile.Napoleon Louis married his first cousin, Charlotte, the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, eldest brother of Napoleon I. He died on March 17, 1831, fighting for Italian independence. His younger brother would later became Emperor Napoleon III of France.