In September, his father sent him a message to cross over into Belgium. Still, when the war began to go against the Imperial army, his father sent him to the border with Belgium. The prince was present on the hills above Saarbrücken during the engagement at their base.

Īt the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, he accompanied his father as a sub-lieutenant to the front. In 1868, he visited Corsica and attended the centenary festival of the annexation of the island to France. The young prince was known by the nickname 'Loulou' in his family circle. His valet Xavier Uhlmann and his inseparable friend Louis Conneau also figured prominently in his life. His English nurse, Miss Shaw, was recommended by Queen Victoria and taught the prince English from an early age. His education, after a false start under the academic historian Francis Monnier, was from 1867 supervised by General Frossard as governor, assisted by Augustin Filon as a tutor. His godmother was Eugène de Beauharnais's daughter, Josephine, the Queen of Sweden, who was represented by Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Baden. His godfather was Pope Pius IX, whose representative, Cardinal Patrizi, officiated.

Louis-Napoléon was born at the Tuileries Palace in Paris, and he was baptised on 14 June 1856 at Notre Dame Cathedral. His early death caused an international sensation and sent shockwaves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of the House of Bonaparte to the throne of France.īiography Louis-Napoléon at age 14, 1870 In 1879, serving with British forces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. Keen to see action, he persuaded the British to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu War. In England, he trained as a British Army officer. On his father's death in January 1873, he was proclaimed by the Bonapartist faction as Napoleon IV. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family. Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879), also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte

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