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Napoleon III

President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and the last king in French history (1848–1870)

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Dec 9, 2025
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Napoleon’s jewels were stolen from the Louvre in a 7-minute heist on Oct 19, 2025

On 19 October 2025 thieves stole between eight and nine pieces of Napoleonic and 19th‑century French crown jewellery from the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon in a rapid daylight raid that lasted about seve...

Oct 30, 2025

What Happened To Paris' Medieval Islands?

Haussmann’s mid-19th century renovation under Napoleon III radically reshaped Paris by systematically demolishing dense medieval neighborhoods and replacing them with broad boulevards, parks, and stan...