When and where was Napoleon II born?
Napoleon II entered the world on the 20th of March 1811 inside the Tuileries Palace in Paris. His father was Emperor Napoleon I and his mother was Empress Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria.
Questions about Napoleon II
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Why did Napoleon II never rule France after being declared emperor?
Coalition victors refused to acknowledge the child as successor to the French throne following the abdication of Napoleon I on the 4th of April 1814. The Treaty of Fontainebleau granted the boy the title of Prince of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla instead while he lived in Austria under the name Franz from spring 1814 onward.
What happened to Napoleon II during his life in Austria?
Emperor Francis awarded him the title Duke of Reichstadt in 1818 and he received education from military tutors who noted his intelligence by age eight. Political restrictions imposed by Metternich prevented him from joining any campaign to Italy or taking command of a battalion until 1831 before he died from tuberculosis on the 22nd of July 1832 at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
How old was Napoleon II when he died and what were his final words?
He was twenty-one years old when he passed away without children after catching pneumonia in 1832 and remaining bedridden for several months. His last words were My story is my birth and death. Between my cradle and my grave there is a big zero.
Where are the remains of Napoleon II located today?
Adolf Hitler ordered remains transferred from the Imperial Crypt in Vienna to Les Invalides in Paris on the 15th of December 1940. His heart remains in Urn 42 of the Herzgruft while viscera stay in Urn 76 of the Ducal Crypt in Vienna.