President Franklin Pierce Congratulates Emperor Napoleon III on the Birth of His Only Son, Napoleon IV, Whose Death in Battle Would End the Hope for the Restoration of the Bonapartes to the Throne
Emperor Napoleon III of France was the nephew and heir of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte was the only child of Napoleon III and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England. On his father’s death in...
Emperor Napoleon III of France was the nephew and heir of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte was the only child of Napoleon III and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England. On his father’s death in January 1873, he was proclaimed Napoleon IV, Emperor of the French by the Bonapartist faction.
In England he trained as a soldier. Keen to see action, he successfully put pressure on the British to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu War. In 1879, serving with British forces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death sent shockwaves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of the Bonapartes to the throne of France.
Document signed, Washington, April 17, 1856, authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “the envelope of a letter addressed to the Emperor of the French, in reply to one received from his Majesty, announcing the birth of an Imperial Prince.”
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