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Louis Bonaparte
Louis Bonaparte 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. In that capacity, he was known as Louis I.
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culture · King of Holland from 1806 to 1810 · diplomat · politician · military officer · military personnel · writer · historian · king · governor-general · also Louis Bonaparte, Louis I, Luigi Buonaparte, Bonaparte
Born 2 September 1778 · Died 25 July 1846 · Q7729
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1846· 1 entry
Died 1846-07-25.
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1844· 1 entry
Louis was seen by the Bonapartists as the rightful Emperor of the French, although Louis took little action himself to advance the claim
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1810· 1 entry
Between his father's abdication (1 July) and the fall of Holland to Napoleon Bonaparte's invading army (9 July)
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1809· 1 entry
In an attempt to capture Antwerp and Flushing
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1808· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1808).
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1806· 2 entries
Louis called for his son to be sent to him in Holland, but he was again refused by Hortense, who believed that her son would never be returned to France
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Napoleon I established the Kingdom of Holland in place of the Batavian Commonwealth, appointing Louis as the new king
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1802· 1 entry
Married his step-niece Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of Empress Joséphine (Napoleon's wife)
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1778· 1 entry
Born 1778-09-02.
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