Louis Bonaparte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Bonaparte

King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1778

Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corsica, France

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1846

Profession: writer, military personnel, politician, military officer, diplomat, historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Louis Bonaparte

  • Louis NapolĂ©on Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.
  • He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French client state roughly corresponding to the current Netherlands).
  • In that capacity he was known as Louis I (Dutch: Lodewijk I; Dutch pronunciation: ['lo?d???ik]). Louis was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, out of eight children who lived past infancy.
  • He and his siblings were all born on Corsica, which had been conquered by France less than a decade before his birth.
  • Louis followed his older brothers into the French Army, where he benefited from Napoleon's patronage.
  • In 1802, he married his step-niece Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of Empress JosĂ©phine (Napoleon's wife). In 1806, Napoleon established the Kingdom of Holland in place of the Batavian Republic, appointing Louis as the new king.
  • Napoleon had intended for Holland to be little more than a puppet state, but Louis was determined to be as independent as possible, and in fact became quite popular amongst his new people.
  • Growing tired of his brother's wilfulness, Napoleon annexed Holland into the French Empire in 1810.
  • Louis fled into exile in Austria, where he spent the rest of his life.
  • His son Louis-NapolĂ©on established the Second French Empire, taking the throne as Napoleon III.

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