Napoleon I

at Malm a is on. took Berlin Oct. 27, and May 8, 1808; crushed Austria again 1809, and deprived her of Poland; divorced Josephine Dec. 16, 1809, and married Marie Louise. Archduche of Austria, April 1, 1810. The Ru ian campaign of 1812 was his undoing; he led 500,000 men to Moscow, and brought back 25,000. Europe now rose against him; he was defeated at Leipzig Oct. 19, 1813; Paris was taken by the Allies March 30, 1814. He abdicated April 6, and retired to Elba; returned secretly March 1, 1815, was totally defeated by Wellington and Blücher at Waterloo June 18, and banished to St. Helena, where he died. His remains were removed to Hotel des In vali des, Paris, 1840. He was the greatest military genius of modern times; but his inordinate ambition, disregarding natural boundaries and attempting the impo ible by overturning states and parceling out kingdoms as if they were farms, led inevitably to his downfall. Most of his work was speedily destroyed: the Code remains. He is the subject of an enormous and increasing literature. Napoleon II., FRANCIS JOSEPH CHARLES, 1811-1832. Son of Napoleon I. and Marie Louise; "King of Rome"; cared for by the Austrian Emperor as Duke of Reichstadt. Napoleon III., CHARLES LOUIS. 1808-1873. Son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, and Hortense Beau harn a is. He attempted a revolt at Strasburg Oct. 6, 1836, and another at Boulogne Aug. 6, 1840; was in the U. S. 1836-37, in England 1838-40, and in prison at Ham 1840-46; French Deputy 1848; Pres. of the Republic Dec. 20, 1848-Dec. 2, 1851, when he di olved the A embly and proclaimed himself Emperor. Jan. 30. 1853, he married Eugénie de Montijo of Spain. He participated in the Crime an War 1854-56, that in Italy 1859, and promoted Maximilian's Mexican venture 1862. He declared war against Pru ia 1870, was overwhelmed and captured at Sedan Sept. 2, 1870, and died at Chisel hurst, England. He pub. Idées Napoléoniennes , 1838, and César , 1865-66. Œuvres, 1854-69. 1873.-His son, EUGENE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH, PRINCE, 1856-1879, was educated at Woolwich, England, and killed in Zululand.