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Napoleon II, properly François Charles Joseph Bonaparte 1811-32
French nobleman and titular King of Rome

Born in Paris, the son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, he was styled King of Rome upon his birth at the Tuileries. From 1814 until his death he lived at the Austrian court and was created Duke of Reichstadt (1818) by his grandfather, Francis I. Loyal Bonapartists proclaimed him Napoleon II in Paris in 1815, but he was formally deposed five days later. He spent the rest of his life in Vienna.

Bibliography: Jean Tulard, Napoleon II (1992)