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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. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family. On his father's death in January 1873, he was proclaimed by the Bonapartist faction as Napoléon IV.
In England, he trained as a British Army officer. Keen to see action, he persuaded 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 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.
His mortal remains, first transported to Dundee and then to Pietermaritzburg, were repatriated to Europe for burial in the Catholic Church of Chislehurst, southeast of London, where his father already lay buried.
In 1881, both remains were transferred to the Imperial Crypt at St. Michael's Abbey in Farnborough (in southern England), which the Empress Eugénie had had converted for her husband, herself, and their only son.
More information: Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial - Wikipedia
In England, he trained as a British Army officer. Keen to see action, he persuaded 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 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.
His mortal remains, first transported to Dundee and then to Pietermaritzburg, were repatriated to Europe for burial in the Catholic Church of Chislehurst, southeast of London, where his father already lay buried.
In 1881, both remains were transferred to the Imperial Crypt at St. Michael's Abbey in Farnborough (in southern England), which the Empress Eugénie had had converted for her husband, herself, and their only son.
More information: Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial - Wikipedia
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