Napoleon III: The Forgotten Bonaparte
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Fun Fact: Napoleon III founded the company Vivendi, one of the modern branches; Vivendi Games, used to own Activision. So Napoleon III is the rightful owner of Call of Duty.
You mean Microsoft?
@@saidalsaidi2660 used to..not owns now
That's why there are so many coups in Call of Duty.
@@saidalsaidi2660 No, I don't think Napoleon III owned Microsoft at any point...
Lol Napoleon III is basically in both Body and Spirit the 1st Neckbeard
How I describe my nephew:
Good at administration;
Terrible at war.
Ye thats kinda it.
A 6 2 0
LOL That's about right !
So pretty much 1800s Lyndon B Johnson
He needed someone like Merde-in-a-Stocking to help him out with foreign policy.
And the even more forgotten Bonaparte: Napoleon IV. Or Napoleon Eugene Louis "Lulu" Bonaparte, only son of Napoleon III. Died 1879 as an officer in the British Army in the Zulu Wars.
Or one of the Bonapartes that especially the Americans should not have forgotten: Charles Joseph Bonaparte, grandson of Napoleon I youngest brother Jerome. US Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General and founder of the FBI.
These guys got around.
I ,knew about the first you mentioned, but not the last. Interesting.
thanks, I have learnt something from an informative comment so thanks very much and It is also nice to have a good comment with good content without the standard youtube nonsense. Humanity is saved for a day for me by Groffili
They still get around, Brooke Shields is related too as I recall. The claimant during WW2 served in the Foreign Legion (he was not allowed to sign up in the French Army, because he claimed to be their Emperor). He was the grandson of "Plon-Plon", Napoleon Jerome, Napoleon III's cousin. The pretendership skipped "Plon-Plon" (finally a Napoleon with a distinct fucking name, even if it just from that he couldn't say Napoleon as a baby and slightly cruel) for his son Victor, Napoleon V, the guy in WW2 was his son, Napoleon VI. The current guy is his son or grandson, there is some debate as people (including Napoleon VI when he died) want to skip the son for the grandson. Jean-Christophe, the grandson is also a descendant of the Louis Philippe I. The Orleanist guy in WW2 was also in the Foreign Legion, and friends with de Gaulle, apparently he though that de Gaulle would form a new Kingdom (forget what number we are on, Fourth?) instead of the Fifth Republic. During the Dreyfus Affair, both the Napoleonists and Orleanists threatened to invade France and restore the Empire/Kingdom, but did nothing when they didn't see a move. Both those guys, Victor Napoleon V and Philippe de Orleans, died within about the month of each other, May 3rd and March 28th of 1926.
Groffili Did he die? I think he became a Zulu possibly. Now playing in the Springbok Rugby Team. He'll that's interesting though! I didn't know that about the Anglo-Zulu wars. Although I vaguely remember the story of a Bonaparte.
Freemasonry at perpetuity
Napoleon 1st had the military genius, Napoleon 3rd had the epic facial hair swag. 🔥🔥🔥
Napoleon 3rd the 2nd was a close friend of Helmut Kohl and helpful supporter of german reunificatian.
Don't forget about Napoleon III's attempt to set up the Second Mexican Empire using a Hapsburg prince, who ultimately met a firing squad.
He probably knew it would fail.
Too bad Franz Joseph wasn't around to prevent it.
Yeah roight how did he gloss over the mexico thingy.
@@Johnnycdrums He was betting that the ACW would prevent US intervention, but when the war ended with the Union maintaining, they pressures the French to gtfo.
@@TchaikovskyFDR
the United States did press for the departure of the French troops but it is not because of them that the troops left. an agreement between Maximilian and Napoleon III provided for the departure of the troops as soon as the Mexican debt was repaid and at the latest in 1867. Maximilian thought he was holding Mexico and was popular enough and was pressuring Napoleon III to withdraw his troops and to run his "empire" as he saw fit.
If he’d stopped being involved in foreign affairs after the Crimean war and just focused on domestic matters, he’d probably be better remembered.
As a German, I´ve only learned about the 1870´s war... so Napoleon III turns out to be much more than "the guy who blew it at Sedan". Very interesting stuff, thank you.
I mean, even in France Napoleon III is more known that he blew it at Sedan than being a great administration
What is it about Sedan that everyone makes it seem like the French had a perfect opportunity that they wasted? Wasn't the Prussian army way more flexible and ready to fight? They had a deeper pool of reserves and I think the Prussians had sent the most advisors during the American Civil War. Seems like France never had a chance. I heard the Prussians had better maps of France than the French lol.
@@geordiejones5618 Napoleon the 3rd is usually the one that the whole blame falls on because he had dismissed his commander and personally lead the army at Sedan
They don't teach the ww in German schools ? They may have been on the wrong side but I think its very important for people to learn for many reasons
Napoleon III was sort of Putin. The video had a mistake starting at 19:15. Correctly, any German would have not allowed the French to annex Luxemburg. France only got parts of Germany/Austria due to British and Prussian aid, as a collateral, before. Luxemburg was never promised to France anyway. Prussia also never saked the German parts like Flanders, Burgund, Lorraine or Savoyen, just parts of Elsace-Lorraine. So, they were very defensive after the French attack, and France was never threatened by Prussia.
Napoleon II is the forgotten Bonaparte.
You can't forget nothing.
Bonerpart
who?
And Napoleon IV died fighting against the Zulus
Duke of Lorraine hi how’s your brother Baldwin?
Napoleon III is the reason why Romania, my country, became modernized. What an absolute mad lad! 🏳
@@gradlon3946 wait, isn't it a French flag?
@@vladalexan ahah, so funny. Imagine being a keyboard warrior and mocking peoples that died protecting their country.
@@TheGaillot No like I’m pretty sure that was the flag of France at one point
@@kewldude3921 It was white with Lys Flower, it was the monarchy.
@@kewldude3921 it was also used by most European power. Except for few.
Damn France really likes revolutions
France went from an absolute monarchy to a republic (1789) to a constitutional monarchy (1804) to an absolute monarchy (1814) to a constitutional monarchy (1815) to an absolute monarchy (1815) to a constitutional monarchy (1830) to a republic (1848) to a constitutional monarchy (1852) and back to a republic (1870), all within the space of a century...
Q: why does France have so many civil wars? A: so they can win a war once in a while.
And we're now in a presidential monarchy, trying to implement a real democracy for good in this country.
+Mich Mouch - Hardly... I get that becoming president of France is not exactly a thankful job, but Macron is at least trying to tackle the issues that have hampered France for decades. That's never going to make you popular, though I'd have imagined that the contrast to Hollande (a real frontrunner for the Worst President France Ever Had competition in my view and that of many others) would be enough to take the edge of what public displeasure there is...
@@rjfaber1991 He's a puppet of the European commission and simply applies what he's asked for. He's worsening everything, cutting budgets for all importants issues, he's putting down public services. He tackles nothing really. He's widening the wounds.
Nobody is talking about how Simon tried to make himself *Emperor of France*
I’ll vote for him
Hail to the emperor
yep🤣
(One random night in Prague)
Simon: “I AM THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE!”
Random person: “For the last time, no you’re not!”
I didn't say it, I declared it.
*you misspelt emperor simon the teacher.
You win
I. Declare. BANKRUPTCY!!
Who? Simon? Who?
I feel bad for him. All his efforts and success he went unremembered from history.
And all because of the battle of Sedan.
We remember him in the American south. He's the reason we had ships in the 1860s.
No clown, nor tyrant, I call him just another inspiration. He was exiled and incompetent but through determination and Will he took over a whole nation and more. Well done.
At the beginning of his reign, he ruled like an absolut king 150 years ago... But after 1860, he started to liberalized the french politics...
So,it's maybe "too short" to say he is an inspiration...
For example, in France, we think he wasn't a good leader of france...
@@jejebernard9980 If people have a bad opinion of him now is mostly due to republican propaganda and because we are mostly taught about him through the lenses of Hugo (who was not a very objective man in the subject to say the least). He did way more for the country than any other ruler in the century. He made Paris into a true capital, he helped develop the touristic sector in Normandy and the South East, he industrialised the country and was the reason why it didn't fall by the wayside economically, he greatly increased the literacy rate of the population (although it had never been that bad to begin with), he helped finance a revival in art, he heavily sponsored innovation, he greatly improved the living conditions of the population, he put the country back in the forefront of international politics ........... Most of the advancements the third republic has done were either a continuation of his policies or couldn't have been done without what he had done. The country would have been way less successful had he never risen to power, he was a great ruler despite what you might think, and the opinion of many isn't an argument, what matters are the facts and the facts show that he indeed was very good (in some regards maybe even better than his uncle)
Nap 3 was a horrible leader. He undid centuries of French statesman work in a blink of an eye. He couldn't decide what role he wanted to play that of a revolutionary or an competent ruler of his own country.
I absolutely concur. Napoleon I and Napoleon III are true historical examples of how far unwavering belief in your own greatness and an iron will can take you in this life.
@@Kruppt808 shut up troll. You are delusional. Read some history kiddo before commenting. Napoleon III was a great politician and administrator. But he was a bad general. That's him in a nutshell. Whitout him France would have been a third world country. Now shut up and face the facts.
Its really strange that we adore Napoleon which ruled mercilessly and mock Napoleon III who gave us Paris and was kind of a nicest guy (although despotic by modern standards)
Best commentary!
Napoleon was not just an conqueror, he was quite the reformer and he made code napoleon which was adopted by most european countries
@ND7652 we've a racist over here
@ND7652 not sure why that is 'white' specific...
Because he is one of the best conqueror world has ever seen.. an era is named after him..Most major european powers were against him,still he won most of the battles..❤️
Bismarck had a plan. Bismarck ALWAYS had a plan.
Nice references
Deutschland uber alles
Wrong, he didn't have a plan how to restrain (or poison or exile) Wilhelm II. Hence, a losing war for Germany 47 years later
And who helped him make this plan? It was Walpole.
@Lockjaw Countless royals were locked up in psychiatric institutions, incarcerated, poisoned, shot, beheaded or otherwise disposed of in history. Bismarck was not attempting pulling off anything like this. Even if he would have, by that time he was already too old and would have failed anyway because of the obedient mentality of the German public.
Louis-Napoleon
Napoleon-Louis
_Lapoleon-Nouis_
Oapoleon-Aouis
Kinda surprised you didn’t mention Maximilian of Mexico.
i thought he was going to mention the second mexican empire too
Why is it relevant?
@@mirzaahmed6589 because Napoleon III decided to invade Mexico to install an Austrian guy called Maximilian as Emperor (Second Empire), you can just search for it tho
Mirza Ahmed What the above said but it’s also a little more complicated than that. In essence the installation of Maximilian was France attempting to make Mexico into a colony of sorts or a proxy state by which France could project power further into North America. Max was an effective leader but the Mexican people saw him as a usurper. To mitigate this he named the Iturbide family as his heirs as they had been the previous ruling dynasty of Mexico. Despite this he was too Conservative for the Liberals of Mexico and too Liberal for the Conservatives. After the American Civil War ended the Union began supporting the troops of the previous leader Benito Juarez, who ultimately overthrew and executed Maximilian.
There are lots of rumors about Maximilian but the one I always found most interesting was that he was the illegitimate son of Napoleon II, which was part of the reason he was installed in Mexico to begin with.
@@mirzaahmed6589 because france fought mexico to make the second mexican empire which is obviously relevant to his reign??
Napoleon III was an enlightened monarch, a couple centuries after it was cool.
He did a lot of good for France, from stopping famines and diseases, industrializing the country and even gave the workers the right to strike!
Then again, his foreign diplomacy blew, from instilling his own guy in Mexico (and getting him killed), to trying to preserve power for his son by fighting Germany.
That is the greatest moustache of all time.
I disagree..Greatest moustache belongs to Napoleon III's contemporary Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia/Italy.
ya can't beat Chester A Arthur
I bet he used more than simple hair wax. I can make my fu Manchu stand up like that if I apply super glue to it too. Lol
I prefer David Fletcher's from The Tank Museum.
I'm sorry, but have you never seen the Rent Is Too Damn High guy?
Since Napoleon III grew up around Lake Constance and went to school in Augsburg he spoke German at a native level. He is said to have spoken German with a Swabian accent, French with a German accent and English with a French accent.
Napoleon III is Mr. Worldwide
What do you call an explosion in a French kitchen?
Answer:
Linoleum Blownapart.
Felix Klempka *lameness off the chart*
No idea if this is where you got the idea, but in the Hitman series of games, there is an unlockable explosive device in the shape of a Napoleon I figurine, and it's called *Napoleon Blownaparte...*
@@rjfaber1991 Actually, I got the line from stand-up comic at an open mike joint in Buffalo, NY.
@@farticlesofconflatulation That's exactly what I was going for.
Dad Joke Level: 100
No matter how you view him, you have to admire the sheer audacity he'd shown.
Anyone who can rise and even fall so spectacularly, should be lauded
Yay! Can’t wait for the Otto von Bismarck biographic! Team up with Extra Credits!
We don't team up anymore. Too much hassle. Otto has been written.
I don't even know who they are, Simon might. But we know that collaborations are a lot of work for very little payoff. We have done many in the past (with TopTenzNet channel) and they never really benefited us enough to be worth it. That is just our opinion, others mileage may vary.
@@Biographics I'm glad there won't be a collaboration between the channels; Biographics is much more reliable than Extra Credits
Extra credits on Bismarck is heaps of fun tho!
I just hope Simon is just as if not more fun xD
@@darrinscott6612 true.... Extra is more easy for new people in history bio is more serious and formal
Long live Emperor Simon of France, first in the House of Whistler
Everyone knows Napoleon I and Napoleon III. Now who the hell was Napoleon II?
He sure was a handsome devil. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nap-receis_50.jpg
Pretty much kept under lock and chain by Metternich (who needs his own Biographics) and prevented from doing much of anything other than hanging around the Austrian court and minor military posts. He resented most people around him for treating him differently. Officially he died of Pneumonia but there’s long been speculation that he was poisoned by the Austrian court because of private ambitions.
There is speculation that he had a number of illegitimate children, one of whom was Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
Previously erred and said Robespierre. Kind of ironic.
Napoleon's son.
He's better known than Napoleon IV, still.
This was extremely well written. Not to mention delivery. But seriously. Excellent piece.
"I promise I won't try to take power for myself"
*Three drinks later*
In Rome it's not forgotten. One of the biggest Streets close to the main train station is "via Napoleone lll" (Napoleon lll Avenue). The author of the Italian national anthem died in Rome fighting against his troops. The French emperor for some years helped (by war and diplomatic policy) Italy in reaching its unity (1859-1861).
It's still weird, but Queen Hortense was not related to Louis Bonaparte by blood. She was the stepdaughter to Napoleon I, so essentially Louis's step niece.
That does makes it better.
And DNA evidence says that Hortense actually had an affair and Napoleon III wasn't blood related to Napoleon I. Ironically Napoleon III probable Father was Tallyrands Son lol
Son of Napoleon III was Napoléon, Prince Imperial or Napoleon IV. He died at early stages of Zullu wars in 1879. His mission was to scout terrain and locate Zullu camps, but he was ambushed by Zullu warriors and killed under British flag.
Well what did the french expect from a guy with such a mustache.
Epic!
Equally eccentric moustaches were worn by his contemporaries William III of the Netherlands, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Luis I of Portugal, Mihailo Obrenovic III of Serbia, George I of Greece, and others. I'd say the were in fashion at the time...
better than tats
@Rene Valleramos woah woah woah, franz joseoh had a glorious moustache.
@@rjfaber1991 They still are
entertaining and to the point. A pleasure to listen to. When I was a little boy, in a French village, I used to bring meat my mother gave me to the local carpenter, a blind man over hundred years old. One day I asked him what that big painting over his bed was. His answer was "Le Sacre de Louis Napoleon". the coronation where he and his mother were present!
How old are you now good sir?
French Republic:"Exist"
Napoleon III: I proclaim myself as Emperor of France.
French Republic: am I a joke to you?
Better version:
French Republics:Exist
Napoleons:I proclaim myself as Emperor of France
French Republics:Am I a joke to you?
Yes, yes you are.😂😂😂
Yes
Quite a bit yes.
Napoleon III: YES!
french republic: ;(
"One doesn't kill crazy people, one just locks them up" I Lol'ed at this one.
i love how simons sense of humor has been shining through more and more.
"i tried", wonderful!
Morris and Simon, your bios are becoming rapidly more addictive, well researched and fine tuned for irony. My congratulations!
"Trust me I've tried." That's a video in it's self. lol
24:40
For some reason this line hit me really hard.
Rightly or wrongly, I see more than a little bit of myself in Louis Napoleon, and am irrationally proud of his story.
It's amazing how unknown Napoleon III is. Like how many people are also aware he created the 2nd Mexican Empire, installing the younger brother of Austrian King Franz Joseph I as Emperor.
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Duh
Your narration is so excellent. You really do such a wonderful job, Simon. I hope you and your team feel a real sense of pride for all of your work :)
Loving the videos Simon. I learn so much on this channel. Keep up the great work!
I wouldn't say Napoleon III was the forgotten one, after all, he styled himself as III to honour his largely forgotten cousin.
Don't you just love the way Simon ad libs on this? If he were a college professor his classes would probably be a whole lot of fun!
23:26 The Prince-imperial died in KwaZulu trying to prove himself as a worthy soldier
That color looks very nice on you Simon. Also thank you for the quality content.
Midnight blue can make the elephant man look GQ...its a very masculine color
“Made France Great Again”
*Emmanuel Macron Hated That*
*The EU will remember this*
This happen 150 years ago
"We weren't cowards at Sedan, were we?"
-Last words of Louis Napoleon
Tragic
He certainly wasn’t a coward neither were the French army but they were simply outclassed by the prussians
@@rhysnichols8608 to be honest both sides deserved respect in this war in particular. The Germans fought very strategically with their discipline, organisation and tactics, while the French empire fought bravely in all their battles despite being outnumbered in nearly all of them and having a disorganised and smaller army
As a person of originally Italian background I am thankfull to the emperor Napoleon III for helping to unify Italy by helping the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia defeat the Austrians who had occupied a lot of northern Italy for decades however in return sardinia had to give up Savoy where the sardinian royals came from and the city of Nice(Nizza) where the italian independence hero Garibaldi came from.The beautiful countess of Castiglione the wife of a Piedmontese aristocrat was used as bait to lure Napoleon into helping the Italian cause.Napoleon the Third was well known for his weakness for beautiful women despite being married to the pious empress Eugenie who was of mixed Spanish/Scottish origin and who lived until the 1920's in exile in Britain and was a close friend of queen Victoria.These Bonapartes are still buried in Britain I think.
How could anyone with facial hair that majestic be lost to history?
Of course those sweeping wide boulevards in addition to letting in more light, also made revolutions in Paris more difficult to start.
Mentions Bismarck:
*Heavy breathing*
“We have a series in the works about him”:
*has heart attack*
It is very funny for me as a french loving history to hear you trying to spell the french names correctly, I love the effort !
Also it is true that compared to Napoleon the 1st, Napoleon the 3d is often overlooked, but he is not as forgotten as his unlucky cousin Napoleon the 2nd.
Great video anyway !
As compared to other similar videos, yours is the most factual and comprehensive. And it is also a touching one that gives historic figures warmth and feelings!
Im french, we dont forget him, he was very popular until the war with germany
11:08 the madlad actually did it
Well done sir, thanks a lot. I've watched most of your videos and have loved each one I've watched. Again I say well done. But I'll love to see you include that of blacks or Africans who've either their country or the world
I like how Simon makes occasion jokes and memes around with his videos, that makes them much more enjoyable
1:10 - Chapter 1 - The boy who would be emperor
5:00 - Chapter 2 - The clown
9:10 - Chapter 3 - Vive la (autre) révolution
13:25 - Chapter 4 - The authoritarian empire
17:15 - Chapter 5 - The liberal empire
20:10 - Chapter 6 - The death of an emperor
I'm excited for the Otto von Bismarck. You guys always do a great job on these!
Dear Simon, This is by far my favorite channel hosted by you. You're really good at producing biographies. I get a feel that I'm living the story of the person, and the people living at the time. Great job.
I liked this. The older ones from before the 20th century are usually the most interesting.
JUST discovered you. Very good video indeed. Historically accurate and brilliantly delivered! Really helped me put into order this confusing period of French history. 'Subscribe' is clicked.
Thank you for chosing this character. Even if he's notre really forgotten for french people.
Moral of the story: never give up on your dreams 😂
Yup... Now hail your emperor oh bhai!
9:44 never mind his reputation, with that moustache I'd send him back as well!
You are
Exceptionally excellent episode - well-written, well-produced, well-presented. Thanks!
What is this? A authoritarian Emperor who was pretty amazing a ruling (except for the..... whole war part) and basically transformed France from a revolution ridden, unstable, and filthy mess to a newly made, prestigious, Empire who was once again a great nation in the European theater (then of-course blew it as the Prussians came a knocking)
A tragic historical figure who found himself always in the shadow of his uncle, desperate to prove himself and live up to the Bonaparte name but always falling short. Domestically, he was successful, helping design the Paris we all know today and overseeing a golden age in French literature, art and theatre. But his failures in foreign policy washed away of his achievements. For someone supposedly forgotten, he was, ironically, the man most responsible for German and Italian unification, two events that would drastically reshape Europe.
As we say in my neck of the woods, Napoleon III was an interesting cat.
Nice one again Simon. Thanks. Don't forget to visit Napoleon III childhood home in Arenenberg on Lake Constance. Beautiful.
Who in their right mind gives these biographies a thumbs down? This is one of the best channels on TH-cam
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Thank you TH-cam for removing the dislikes 👍
Why do I feel like this man's entire life is one huge bruh moment
Always thought of Paris as kinda "artsy fartsy" what with it's grand cuisine and the Louvre. But now thanks to your vid I know that before Napoleone III came along it was just fartsy.
The period between it's rebuilding and the first world war was called "la belle époque", or roughly "the beautiful times".
@@Altrantis The Good Times
For me Napoleon III. was and always will be the greatest monarch of the 19. century.
Did you know that Napoleon's middle name was "Taurus?"
Which Napoleon though?
@@evando2006
Every Napoleon Bonaparte.
Yeah pretty badass name
@@Psychol-Snooper What about Louis?
That's just bull.
Today I found out Napoleon III's chislehurst exile home is a 5 minute walk from me
Same here- now Camden Place Golf Club! He was buried in the little Catholic church nearby- St Mary's (It's got a lot of nice Napoleonic details- but he was later moved). All the best from Sidcup :)
Ironically !! his son was killed on duty with !!! british uniform . his great uncle would like it
@@DidierDidier-kc4nm napoleon trigged!!!!!
Simon is hilarious on this one! Had a rough day so I needed the laugh and great info! Love you guys!! Keep it up!
Napoleon I: Soldiers! I am your Emperor! If anyone wishes to kill their Emperor; here I am!
Napoleon II: My birth and my death, that was my life.
Napoleon III: Leaving for Syria, I will conquer Mexico, and win the Franco-Prussian War
Third French Republic: You are hereby exiled to England!
Napoleon III: But I'll be remembered, right?
Third French Republic: Non.
150 years later...
Fifth French Republic: Oui!
He's the Naruto of history! "Through sheer dogged determination..."... He became hokage lol
Actually Napoleon III is fairly known in italy because the alliance between the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Napoleon III's France during the second italian war of indepence allowed the the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont to conquer MIlan and Lombardy and annexed Tuscany by referendum...
So, no Napoleon the Third no Kingdom of Italy... (well funny thing is that the french defeat in the French-Prussian War allowed italy to annex Rome) xD
Loved this one, Simon!
1852 Paris sounds exactly like what I picture as contemporary Paris.
Still far better than London
All hail Emperor Simon I of France.
"Louis-Napoleon brother of Napoleon-Louis". Reminds me of the song by The Kingsmen "Louis Louis"...heh heh the Kingsmen 😏
I would say Napoleon II is the forgoten Bonaparte, it is barely talked about and atleast Napoleon III is talkd about the Franco-Prussian War and the Second French intervention in Mexico.
In my opinion, Napoleon III is actually very UNDERRATED in history. Sure, he got beat by Bismarck and his Mexico campaign failed, but the guy still unified Italy, acquired the city of Nice, won against both Russia AND China, modernized Paris, overhauled France's infrastructure, and established lasting diplomacy with Britain and Queen Victoria (before he and Victoria swapped state visits, only 2-3 French monarchs had EVER done that in the last 300 YEARS or so IIRC).
@@thunderbird1921 Honestly now that you bring it up, that does make sense.
Bring back the Bonapartes
university of ham
Great video! Small side-note: The blue filter seems disturbed throughout the video, making Simon fade from blue to less blue and more blue again, probably because of TH-cam's compression algorithm.
Napoleon III is one of my favourite monarchs in all of history. Such a cool dude
I'm only 7:49 and this is just killing me 😂. Napoleon III the sequel we needed. Napoleon III legend 👏🏻. Napoleon the third should have given gifts of wine and cheese to his neighbors, that would have been a truly legendary one
"After wich France and Napoleon III would ride a high forever more, and absolutely nothing or no one whatsoever could ruin it"- History Matters
If we all just had biographies when we were growing up, we would have slept less through history class... I very much enjoy this channel
Louis Napoleon is hardly forgotten!
True, as most people don't even know he existed.
@@Biographics Every "N" you see in the city of Paris is his mark. I hope people aren't that ignorant that they don't realize that. Just because you don't know who he was does not mean that many others aren't fully aware of his importance.
theoldar I’m speaking in the worldly sense. United States, Canada, India and so forth.
@@Biographics And you are SO on the mark.
Honestly, this gave me new respect for him. Until now I only knew him as the guy who got pummeled by Bismarck.
He's literally the guy who ended the 800 year Anglo-French feud, through his diplomacy with Queen Victoria and the British PM. Many said Britain and France could NEVER peacefully co-exist as world powers, much less become allies. Napoleon III did exactly that. Of all the people it could have been, a Bonaparte ended up being one of the key peacemakers.
Though not great as his legendary uncle, he still should be remembered for Paris' rebuilding to a beautiful capital as it would be ugly if he didn't think of modernizing, brought France it's prestige after the Crimean War and the Italian Unification(which we can't imagine he couldn't assist and support it), he wasn't a not great military leader hence the humiliating defeat that led the German unification, along with many stuff he did as mentioned in the video
To me: he was bit of an ok leader would've been good if only he had more experience and more competence, a man with visions of modernizing and glory.
Fun fact:
There was a 2nd cousin to Napoleon called Dave Bonaparte who worked in a bakery.
He was exiled to London and opened a bakery near Victoria by the station and old bandstand. Dave's as it was called was frequented by the elite of London. Dave died in 1843 and his sons Dave jnr and Keith took their business to new heights branching out opening new stores on the Caledonian Road, Putney high street and The Kings road Chelsea and talking the bold move of renaming their shops 'Napoleons'.
Sadly the last Napoleon's bakery in Putney was shut in 1998 and turned into a Wetherspoons.
Keith Napoleon died at a retirement home in Hove and Dave jnr choked on scampi while holidaying in Clacton some time in the early 1920s.
Neither produced children.
Little known alternative fact: The *Russians meddled in
Napoleon III’s elections. 🧐
*Excuse me, the (P)Russians
LOL!
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Wow great history piece Biographics!!
I didnt know about this.
How? Didnt you study history?
@@m.a.4949 i did on my own within my adult life, but there are a lot of people in history to learn about in detail.
That was really interesting. I'd never heard of another "Napoleon". I'm really enjoying these biographies . Thank you.
I'm surprised how little history remembers him. IMHO he's one of Europe's most underrated monarchs (at least in terms of policy).