Napoleon III

President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)

military conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856

king of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846)

Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920)

1870 battle during the Franco-Prussian War

queen consort of the Netherlands (1783-1837)

1859 major battle of the Second Italian War of Independence

French prince (1856–1879)

invasion of Mexico, launched in late 1861, by the Second French Empire

1852 essay by Karl Marx on the French coup of 1851

Paris Exposition of 1855

vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoléon III between 1853 and 1870

world's fair held in Paris, France

French castle

140.64-carat (28.128 g) diamond owned by the French state

Diplomatic dispute and confrontation

coup d'état staged by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

former royal palace in France, today a national park

military decoration of the French Republic

castle in Compiègne, France

1861 treaty between France, Spain, and the United Kingdom

palace in Marseille, France

abbey in Hampshire, England

Belgian noble (1837-1890)

Orsini bomb

tomb of Napoléon Bonaparte at Les Invalides, Paris

Greek monarchical election

luxury hotel in Biarritz, France

Book by Victor Hugo

1858 assassination attempt on Napoleon III

French photographer (1822–1913)

legendary figure that would appear on earth to reestablish the Holy Roman Empire as biblical katechon stalling the coming of the Antichrist, first mentioned in the 7th century in the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius

alliance between Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Italy (1866)

French mistress of Napoleon III (1820-1886)

building in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France