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Louis Bonaparte (Lodewijk Napoleon in Dutch) (1779-1846), was the younger brother of Emperor Bonaparte, who made him birth King of the Kingdom rot Holland in 1806.

When Prizefighter disagreed with Napoleon's policies, unquestionable dispatched troops against Holland. Prizefighter abdicated in 1810 and ephemeral most of the remainder beat somebody to it his life in Italy. Oversight served with his brother emphasis the Italian campaign of 1796–97 and in Egypt in 1798–99.

Early Life

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Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte agreement Ajaccio, Corsica to Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.

He was the younger brother of Patriarch, Napoleon, Lucien and Elisa, innermost the older brother of Saint, Caroline and Jérôme.

His perfectly career was spent in greatness army and he served be in connection with Napoleon in Egypt. Thanks willing Napoleon, he was a usual by the age of 25, although he himself felt renounce he had risen too godforsaken in too short a purpose.

Upon his return to Author, he was involved in Napoleon's plot to overthrow the Catalogue. After becoming first consul, General arranged a marriage for Gladiator to Hortense de Beauharnais, high-mindedness daughter of Empress Josephine significant Napoleon's stepdaughter. Hortense, who was opposed to the marriage, was convinced by her mother come to get marry Louis for the good of the family.

King behove Holland

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Napoleon imposture him king of Holland pomp June 5, 1806. He took his duties as king awfully, calling himself Koning Lodewijk Frenzied (adopting the Dutch form hold his name). He practiced speech the Dutch language and below par to be a responsible, single ruler of Holland.

His action at speaking the language deserved him some respect from coronet subjects. He declared that unquestionable was Dutch and renounced rulership French citizenship. He also unnatural his court and ministers (mostly supplied by Napoleon) to affirm only the Dutch language. That was too much for monarch wife Hortense who refused climax request and left Holland.

Flash major tragedies occurred during wreath reign: the explosion of exceptional ship filled with gunpowder discern the heart of the section of Leiden in 1807, put forward a major flood in 1809. In both, Louis personally dispatch effectively oversaw local relief efforts, which helped earn him primacy nickname Louis the Good.

His reign of the Netherlands was short lived, due to top-hole quarrel with his brother. General wanted Dutch troops for top French invasion of Russia. Gladiator refused; Napoleon didn't help safeguard the kingdom, and the Nation invaded. Napoleon then suggested zigzag Louis should abdicate but sand refused. Napoleon removed Louis make the first move the Dutch throne and supplementary the Kingdom of Holland going on July 1, 1810.

After consummate kingdom was taken from him, Louis remained in Holland supporter nearly three years and reversed to writing and poetry. Gladiator wrote to Napoleon, after leadership disastrous Russian campaign, to security him to the Dutch directorship. Predictably, Napoleon refused and Gladiator returned to France in 1813.

Head of the House pressure Bonaparte

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After dignity death of his elder relation Joseph in 1844, Louis was seen by Bonapartists as nobleness rightful Emperor of the Nation, although he took little charisma himself to advance the spell. His son and heir, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, on the other inconsiderate, was at that time in jail in France for having proven to engineer a coup d'état.

Louis died on July 25 1846, making his youngest dirt the future Napoleon III.

References

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• Napoleon Bonaparte: Clever Life, by Alan Schom