fjt_388645 - NAPOLEON IV Souvenir de la 1ere communion du Prince impérial 1868
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Price : 25.00 €
Type : Souvenir de la 1ere communion du Prince impérial
Date: 1868
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,03 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON E. L. J. J. PRINCE IMPERIAL.
Obverse description : Tête du garçonnet à gauche, les cheveux courts.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUVENIR DE LA 1ERE COMMUNION DU PRINCE IMPERIAL 7 MAI 1868.
Reverse description : Calice rayonnant.
Commentary
Le prince Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, prince impérial, dit Louis-Napoléon, né le 16 mars 1856 à Paris et mort le 1er juin 1879 à Ulundi (Natal, actuelle Afrique-du-Sud), est le seul enfant de Napoléon III, empereur des Français, et de son épouse, l’impératrice Eugénie.
Appelé Louis par ses parents, il signa Napoléon après la mort de son père, le 9 janvier 1873, au lieu de Louis-Napoléon précédemment. Il fut parfois désigné sous le nom de « Napoléon IV ».
Prince Napoleon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, Prince Imperial, known as Louis-Napoleon, born on March 16, 1856 in Paris and died on June 1, 1879 in Ulundi (Natal, present-day South Africa), was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugénie. Called Louis by his parents, he signed Napoleon after his father's death on January 9, 1873, instead of Louis-Napoleon previously. He was sometimes referred to as \\\"Napoleon IV\\\"
Appelé Louis par ses parents, il signa Napoléon après la mort de son père, le 9 janvier 1873, au lieu de Louis-Napoléon précédemment. Il fut parfois désigné sous le nom de « Napoléon IV ».
Prince Napoleon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, Prince Imperial, known as Louis-Napoleon, born on March 16, 1856 in Paris and died on June 1, 1879 in Ulundi (Natal, present-day South Africa), was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugénie. Called Louis by his parents, he signed Napoleon after his father's death on January 9, 1873, instead of Louis-Napoleon previously. He was sometimes referred to as \\\"Napoleon IV\\\"
Historical background
NAPOLEON IV
(1856-1879)
Napoleon, the son of Emperor Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo, was born on March 16, 1856. In 1870, he followed his mother into exile in England. When his father died in 1873, he became the head of the imperial family. He followed an English military training and participated in the Zululand campaign where he died on June 1, 1879.
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