Who was Napoleon II?
Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte was born on 20 March 1811 at the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Family His parents were Emperor Napoleon I of France and Empress Marie Louise born Marie Louise of Austria). Since his birth Napoléon II had been Prince Imperial of France and King of Rome as well. Childhood On 9 June 1811 Napoléon II was baptised in the Notre Dame de Paris. Napoléon was put in the care of Louise Charlotte Françoise Le Tellier de Montesquiou. She was 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. Napoleon I saw his second wife and their son for the last time on 24 January 1814. The Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1814 gave Napoleon II the right to use the title of Prince of Parma, of Placentia and Guastalla. His mother was styled the Duchess of Parma, of Placentia and of Guastalla. On 13 April 1814, Marie Louise and her three-year-o