Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon was the only heir to Nabulione da buonaparte's throne
nephew, and heir
The widowed Josephine de Beauharnais. Napoleons stepson Eugene would go on to great things. Napoleon sought a son & heir and an Austrian alliance.
Napoleon wanted an heir who would take over his Empire when he died, and Josephine could not have children. So they divorced and Napoleon married Marie Luise of Austria who gave him a son Napoleon II.
Napoleon first married the widow Josephine de Beauharnais. She is the mother of Prince Eugene. In time he would divorce her to get an Austrian Alliance & an heir.
Napoleon had one mistress during his conquest in Egypt. Later he felt guilty about this on his return to France and thought that the only resolution was to divorce his wife Josephine. He was unable to, however, because when he returned to their home his wife had left with their children to go meet him on his way home. He locked himself in their room and when Josephine arrived home with the children he told her then. He, of course, was heartbroken by this. He then took back his decision when he heard his wife and children crying. After he became emperor, he then divorced Josephine to marry an Austrian princess for political reasons. At this point he acquired several mistresses.
His son Napoleon II.
His son Napoleon II.
nephew, and heir
There is a direct heir to the throne Prince Charles the Prince of Wales.
Naqpoleon had several illegitimate children, but only Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte, The King of Rome and Duke of the Reichstadt, was his legal heir.
only President(1848-52) of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor (1852-70) of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I.
The widowed Josephine de Beauharnais. Napoleons stepson Eugene would go on to great things. Napoleon sought a son & heir and an Austrian alliance.
He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was elected President of France in 1848 before conducting a coup d'etat and becoming Emperor Napoleon III until his capture by the Prussians at Sedan in 1870.
Empress Josephine had a marriage with Napoleon in 1796. The marriage was not her only marriage, because she was married and her first husband and the father of her two children Alexandre de Beauharnais had been guillotined. She actually divorced Napoleon because she could not have children and Napoleon wanted an heir.
A dauphin is the eldest son of the King who is the direct heir to the throne
Napoleon wanted an heir who would take over his Empire when he died, and Josephine could not have children. So they divorced and Napoleon married Marie Luise of Austria who gave him a son Napoleon II.
His mother, military history, his love of Corsica, Josephine, art and architeture, the Roman Empire and the desire to have an heir.