Napoleon III: The Forgotten Bonaparte

Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[Sun-Tzu-]

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.

[Groffili]

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.

[napoleonibonaparte]

How I describe my nephew:
Good at administration;
Terrible at war.

[camilohiche]

Napoleon 1st had the military genius, Napoleon 3rd had the epic facial hair swag. 🔥🔥🔥

[professorgraves]

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.

[sigma]

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.

[brabbit]

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.

[emilomnic]

Napoleon III is the reason why Romania, my country, became modernized. What an absolute mad lad! 🏳

[andysorensen]

(One random night in Prague)
Simon: “I AM THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE!”
Random person: “For the last time, no you’re not!”

[Gavanater]

I feel bad for him. All his efforts and success he went unremembered from history.

[bluepiggaming]

This was extremely well written. Not to mention delivery. But seriously. Excellent piece.

[SunriseFireberry]

Napoleon II is the forgotten Bonaparte.

[nickhueper]

Nobody is talking about how Simon tried to make himself *Emperor of France*

[perspii]

That is the greatest moustache of all time.

[nikolatasev]

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.

[kknives]

Kinda surprised you didn’t mention Maximilian of Mexico.

[OTW]

Louis-Napoleon

Napoleon-Louis

_Lapoleon-Nouis_

[BTNMNKI]

Bismarck had a plan. Bismarck ALWAYS had a plan.

[Nikolapoleon]

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.

[winghungyuen]

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