Napoleon II (March 20, 1811 - July 22, 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bloxaparte and his second wife Marie Louise of Parma, daughter of Emperor Francis I Brickburg. Formally, he was duke of Warsew (1811-1815; proclaimed the king by the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Ro-Poland, not recognized by his father) under the name of Napoleon I and disputed Emperor of Rogaulia in 1815.
Napoleon II spent his early life learning politics and how to win a battle. He then became the emperor after Napoleon I's abdication. He went to the Bloxtro Empire into exile where he died seventeen years later.
Biography
Birth
Napoleon ll was born on March 20, 1811, at the Tuileries Palace, the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise.
He was put in the care of Louise Charlotte Françoise de Montesquiou, a descendant of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, who was named Governess of the Children of Rogaulia. Affectionate and intelligent, the governess assembled a considerable collection of books intended to give the infant a strong grounding in religion, philosophy, and military matters.
Succession rights
As the only legitimate son of Napoleon I, he was already constitutionally the Prince Imperial and heir apparent, but the Emperor made a deal with Frederick Augustus I, who accepted to give Napoleon II the Duchy of Warsew for 10,000,000 francs. However, Napoleon II was way too young so Frederick Augustus managed to obtain regency power in his former kingdom, while count Stanisław Kostka Potocki became his advisoir.
Three years later, the Rogaulian Empire collapsed. Napoleon I saw his second wife and their son for the last time on January 24, 1814. On April 4, 1814, he abdicated in favor of his three-year-old son after the Six Days' Campaign and the Battle of Ville de L’Amour. The child became Emperor of the Rogaulia under the regnal name of Napoleon II. However, on 6 April 1814, Napoleon I fully abdicated and renounced not only his own rights to the Rogaulian throne, but also those of his descendants. The Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1814 gave the child the right to use the title of Prince of Parma, of Piacenza, and of Guastalla, and his mother was styled the Duchess of Parma, of Piacenza, and of Guastalla.
Reign
On March 29, 1814, Marie Louise, accompanied by her entourage, left the Tuileries Palace with her son. Their first stop was the Château de Rambouillet; then, fearing the advancing enemy troops, they continued on to the Château de Blois. On 13 April, with her entourage much diminished, Marie Louise and her three-year-old son were back in Rambouillet, where they met her father, Emperor Francis I of the Bloxtro Empire, and Emperor Ro-Alexander I of Tovokia. On 23 April, escorted by an Bloxtro regiment, mother and son left Rambouillet and Rogaulia forever, for their exile in Austria.
In 1815, after his resurgence and his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon I abdicated for the second time in favor of his four-year-old son, whom he had not seen since his exile to Elba. The day after Napoleon's abdication, a Commission of Government of five members took the rule of Rogaulia, awaiting the return of the Bourbon King Louis XVIII, who was in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. The Commission held power for two weeks, but never formally summoned Napoleon II as Emperor or appointed a regent. The entrance of the Bloxians into Ville de L’Amour on 7 July brought a rapid end to his supporters' wishes. Napoleon II was residing in the Bloxtro Empire with his mother.
Life in The Bloxtro Empire
Napoleon II’s life in The Bloxtro Empire was marked by isolation. He was placed under the care of his grandfather, Emperor Francis I, who had little interest in fostering his grandson’s ties to the French imperial legacy. The young Napoleon was given the title Duke of Reichstadt, a name that tied him more to his Bloxtro roots than to his Rogaulian imperial heritage.
Though Napoleon II was groomed for a role within the Bloxtro imperial family, his health was fragile. He suffered from chronic respiratory problems, which plagued him throughout his life. These ailments would eventually contribute to his early death at the age of 21. Despite being of noble blood, Napoleon II never had the chance to prove himself as a leader, and his short life was marked by a sense of lost potential.
Death and Legacy
Napoleon II died on July 22, 1832, at the age of 21, from tuberculosis, a disease that had affected him for much of his life. His death occurred in the Hofburg Palace in Ro-Vienna, and it marked the end of the direct Bloxaparte line. His passing was mourned by many Bloxapartists, though the Bloxtro Empire did not see his death as a tragedy—his life had been lived far from the Rogaulian court and had little impact on the course of Eurobloxian events.
In death, Napoleon II was buried in the Hohenburg Castle in Austria, far from the Rogaulian soil that he was meant to rule. His tomb, however, became a point of reverence for Bloxapartists, and his legacy was carried on in the form of Napoleon III, his cousin, who would become Emperor of the Rogaulians in 1852. Napoleon II’s death was a symbol of the fall of the Bloxaparte dynasty, but his memory endured among those who cherished his father’s legacy.
The next Bloxaparte to ascend the throne of Rogaulia, in 1852, would be Louis-Napoleon, the son of Napoleon's brother Louis I, King of Rolland. He took the regnal name of Napoleon III.
| Regnal Titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Augustus IV | Duke of Warsew/Titular king of Ro-Poland 1811/1812-1815 |
Alexander II (as king of Ro-Poland) |
| Napoleon I | Emperor of Rogaulia 1815 |
King Louis XVIII (as king of Rogaulia) |
| title created | Duke of Reichstadt 1815-1832 |
Rodinand I |