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==comment==
Could something be mentioned here about his early life in the [[Carbonari]], and how this hurt French interests by giving an unhealthy anti-Austrian bias to his foreign policy?

"He also directed the building of the French railway network. The design was very inefficient, however, as all routes lead to Paris. There were lines between Paris and Lyon, Caen, and Marseilles, but no lines connecting the latter cities to each other. Thus to travel from Marseilles to Bordeaux one needed to go via Paris, a great inefficiency. This was economically inefficient"

This does not sound much NPOV to me. [[User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]] 14:41, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

:True, but it doesn't sound very efficient to me! Admittedly, the writing might need some work... [[User:David Corbett|David Corbett]] 03:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

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For those interested in the like, a contemporary American account of Napoleon III's death may be found at [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moajrnl;cc=moajrnl;sid=accd4852f2970b3ab364f81c23561c45;rgn=full%20text;idno=ahj1472.1-10.003;view=image;seq=0243]. -- [[User:Itai|Itai]] 23:02, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why isn't the [[Paris Commune]] mentioned? --[[User:Tothebarricades.tk|Tothebarricades.tk]] 03:58, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, you can add something, of course. The Paris Commune was not particularly relevant to Napoleon III, though - it started after the armistice with Prussia/Germany, which itself was many months after Napoleon's capture at Sedan and the end of the Empire. [[User:John Kenney|john]] [[User_talk:John Kenney|k]] 05:37, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Generally speaking, this biography is largely biaised against Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (LNB). Specifically, the part ''"President of the French Republic"'' is unacurrate and inconsistent with the next parts.

* Describing LNB as a dictator and comparing his methods with '''Hitler''''s is an historical non sense :
- LNB re-established general elections for the house members<br />
- He eventually accepted the parliamentary system (government shall have the confidence of the house, not just be chosen by the sovereign). It is mentionned later in the text. <br />
- LNB legalized trade unions, it does not sound very hitlerian or dictatorial to me...

* The ''Coup d'etat'' was obviously illegal, but just as illegal as the revolution that established the republic 4 years before.

* The text suggests that his only asset and skill was his uncle name but then how could he gain and keep power during 22 years just thanks to his name ? That's historically ridiculous.

* One should stress that LNB gave ''definitively'' in 1851 the right to vote to poor or uneducated men.

* One cannot say that the 1849 "National Assembly was dominated by the Monarchists" since 446 members against 278 voted to allow his re-election (short of the 3/4 required majority)

* I never heard of him "having a german accent"

--[[User:Geo115fr|Geo115fr]] 02:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

::Monarchists might vote for his re-election, surely? Certainly one might expect legitimists to do so (the Orleanists probably would have wanted Joinville or Aumale as the next president). The two monarchists groupings could not agree as to who the candidate for the throne would be, therefore not necessarily any harm in keeping LNB around. I agree that he should not be compared with Hitler, but at the same time, his rule is ''widely considered'' to be one of the bases for modern dictatorship. And "eventually" is the key word in his acceptance of parliamentary rule - it didn't happen until 1870. There was not even any nominal opposition until 1860 or so. Obviously, a 19th century ruler didn't have the tools of oppression available that a 20th century one would have. Equally obviously, Napoleon III considered himself a reformer, and sympathetic to the working man, and that influenced his policies re: labor unions, universal suffrags, etc. I fully agree that we should not say that his only asset was his uncle's name. He was clearly intelligent and had an ability to ''use'' his uncle's name to good purpose. He definitely had his flaws (many of them), but he wasn't a total incompetent. And he had smart people working for him, particularly Persigny. [[User:John Kenney|john k]] 12:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

The comparison with [[Adolf Hitler]] have been erased. However, it is still suitable to call him a [[dictator]], at least for the early part of his imperial [[regime]]. I want to know more about his upbringing. Where did he live during which years? I have to know that in order to value the claim that he spoke [[French]] with a [[German]] [[accent]]. Did he have any military [[education]]? If not he would not have had the typical “[[soldier]]” posture shown on the uppermost [[portrait]]. The [[artist]] might just have painted him so in order to make his appearance more similar to his supposed uncle. It is generally assumed that his father was [[Louis Bonaparte]]. Charles Louis Napoléon might not have looked much like him. But the [[Mendel]]ian laws of [[heredity]] allows for children not looking much like any of their parents.

2006-12-03 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Napoleon III had some sketchy military education (he had recieved some one-on-one instruction from fellow-exiles who had been colonels in Napoleon I's army during his youth in Switzerland), but had no actual military experience before he became Emperor, and had no talent for generalship. However, as his rule was in large part based on the reflected glow of his uncle's military glory, he had to portray himself as a military man in his uncle's image. Thus he was personally present as Commander-in-Chief at many of the battles fought during his reign, most notably [[Solferino]] and [[Sedan]], and his publicity said he was the one making the tactical decisions, although in actual fact he left the decisions up to the professional generals. It was because he was personally present as (nominal) Commander at the Battle of Sedan that the Prussians were able to capture him in person.

The claim that he spoke French with a German accent is found in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, presumably based on primary sources of Napoleon III's own time: "It was at this time he acquired the German accent which he never lost." (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Napoleon_III) Louis-Napoleon spent his formative childhood and adolescent years, after his family's exile from France in 1815 when he was seven, in German-speaking countries. He first wandered around different places for two years with his mother, including both French-speaking Geneva and German-speaking Carlsruhe and Augsburg. They then found a permanent home in exile in [[Arenenburg]], where they lived from 1817, when Louis-Napoleon was nine, in the German-speaking canton of [[Thurgau]] in Switzerland. As an adolescent he studied at the gymnasium school at [[Augsburg]], in Bavaria, where he recieved his education. He visited Italy with his mother in 1823, but only moved there permanently after his education had been completed, in early adulthood. Thus the critical years of his childhood and adolescence, certainly from the age of nine onwards, were all spent in a German-speaking environment in Switzerland and Bavaria (although obviously he would have spent much of his time speaking French with his family and with his French tutors). See the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article.


== Photo rather than painted portrait ==
[[Causabon]], 5th November 2007.


I used the painted portrait in editing the earlier article because it is in color, is used at the top of French Wikipedia article, and shows him at his peak of his reign. The current photo comes from the end of his reign and makes him look old and asleep. I think the photo is acceptable, but I still wish we had a more sympathetic color portrait in the lead.Respectfully,[[User:SiefkinDR|SiefkinDR]] ([[User talk:SiefkinDR|talk]]) 11:19, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
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:I do see your point. Most of his better quality photo portraits are for from later in his reign, thus he looks older and more tired (as he was in poor health the last years of his reign). But, I think photos (if available) should be used instead of portrait paintings. Photos give a more real representation of the subject. ''[[User:Robertus Pius|<span style="background:turquoise; color:#FFF; padding:2px;">Robertus Pius</span>]] ([[User talk:Robertus Pius|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Robertus Pius|Contribs]])'' 23:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
==In fiction==
* He is a major character in an alternate history called [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156876 Fire Warms the Northern Lands] by Ed Hanks


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== Overload of images ==
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There is a complete overload of photos and images that do not show him but other persons or places. I am removing these images, they are all are mentioned in the text already. On the other hand an important painting such as the reception of the Siamese ambassadors is completely missing. [[User:Gryffindor|Gryffindor]] ([[User talk:Gryffindor|talk]]) 14:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
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Latest revision as of 00:01, 11 December 2024

Photo rather than painted portrait

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I used the painted portrait in editing the earlier article because it is in color, is used at the top of French Wikipedia article, and shows him at his peak of his reign. The current photo comes from the end of his reign and makes him look old and asleep. I think the photo is acceptable, but I still wish we had a more sympathetic color portrait in the lead.Respectfully,SiefkinDR (talk) 11:19, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do see your point. Most of his better quality photo portraits are for from later in his reign, thus he looks older and more tired (as he was in poor health the last years of his reign). But, I think photos (if available) should be used instead of portrait paintings. Photos give a more real representation of the subject. Robertus Pius (Talk • Contribs) 23:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Crapulinksy" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Crapulinsky" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Crapulinsky has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 21 § Crapulinsky until a consensus is reached. Nickps (talk) 13:07, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Overload of images

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There is a complete overload of photos and images that do not show him but other persons or places. I am removing these images, they are all are mentioned in the text already. On the other hand an important painting such as the reception of the Siamese ambassadors is completely missing. Gryffindor (talk) 14:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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