What Happened To Napoleon's Son?

In this video, we look at what happened to Napoleon II after the downfall of his father.
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[@biggestboofer]

That is sad that Napoleon the 2nd never got s chance at anything in life, with his upbringing and young death. The quote is even more sad.

[@savagedarksider5934]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Napoleon 2 ?

[@NBrixH]

@@savagedarksider5934 I thought not. It's not a story the Austrians would tell you.

[@muinagh]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise?

[@raigarmullerson4838]

its a blessing. One french dictator was enough!

[@clonesolar]

@@raigarmullerson4838 what?

[@kugelblitz9365]

props to the emperor of austria for raising him as his own when you realize his father was your sworn enemy who took your daughter for marriage

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Yep especially how his country armies were always obliterated by the Emperor each time.

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

Blood is blood, even tho its tainted by your enemy

[@wyvrusgriffion3948]

Actually, he let his daughter marry Napoleon after the treaty (I forgot the name and it's common for a losing faction to marry someone from the winning side to strengthen their alliance.) Though, Napoleon really love Josephine more than his second. His exact last words were his first wife

[@riograndedosulball248]

Francis is the origin of Napoleon's quote on "do not fight the same enemy too often, lest he learn how to fight you" And he did. Fuck, he did. When Austria caught up, the French Empire ended

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@riograndedosulball248 Austria ? You mean another coalition of a bazillion soldiers of Russia, Prussia, Confederation of the Rhine, Spain, Italy, Sweden, england only to take Napoleon out of the throne of France ? Austria did sent soldiers too but they were done and never took decisions without the Russians or Swedish

[@AhJeezEnt]

Napoleon was so proud he finally had a son he had a big ass coin minted with the baby’s face on it.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

He had many sons but it was the first legitimate one, it's the noble one that was weak and died young as expected sadly for an austrian noble family with generations of inter marrying but the others lived some descendants even died in ww1 and ww2 but he still have direct descendants today.

[@bokonoo77]

@@ommsterlitz1805 bastard line

[@kristinawilde5931]

@@bokonoo77 lol but don't count on it,YT are @$$holes🥰

[@theironknight597]

There was a huge painting of the King of Rome brought along on the Russian campaign as well

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@ommsterlitz1805 the in-marriage stuff was rampant on the Spanish Habsburgs tho, less so in the Austrian part

[@thatdude1853]

Imagine being so thoroughly badass that all of Europe fears giving your son any power.

[@mojanke]

You dont need badassery necessarily, Just look at DJT Jr. ;)

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

Oh yes, because we have to rewrite the story to make Napoleon "badass". That is what 19th Century Europe did to make themselves seem "glorious", "triumphant" and "great". How do you turn a reckless, incompetent, warmongering, oppressive military dictator with a powerful army that ends in total defeat into an enlightened, noble, military genius who ended in victory? Ask the 19th Century European historians who did just that with Napoleon. Because 19th Century could not stand the fact that Europe almost was conquered by a delusional sociopath who hijacked a powerful military, and acted with no regard for humanity leaving millions dead in defeat, so they changed the story. Sadly for 20th Century Europe, another delusional sociopath would hijack another powerful country and act with no regard for humanity leaving millions dead in defeat. But in the 20th Century, Europe would not be able control the narrative, since they could not even save themselves.

[@DW-rs8tq]

You obviously don't even understand the comment😂

[@thatdude1853]

@@DW-rs8tq I'm not going to devote any energy to replying to that paragraph. We'd essentially be arguing over semantics and interpreting the same set of facts differently.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

@@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators You might want to know... the Napoleonic wars were all defensive wars.

[@oboonkero326]

Pretty cool the emperor of Austria raised him despite being enemies of his father

[@zacharygirgenti3790]

*SPOILER ALERT*

[@gusjeazer]

Wars are just a game to the elites. No need for hard feelings among family members.

[@SirFrankieCrisp94]

Well he was his grandfather and the best security against a new Napoleon is to shape the boy.

[@user_____M]

Literally a prisoner and likely murdered just like his father.

[@yaasinm]

yeah because he was still blood? pretty normal if you ask me.

[@kaijudirector5336]

One thing I'm sure Napoleon would have been proud of is that junior inherited his tongue: "If Josephine had been my mother, my father would not have been buried at Saint Helena, and I should not be at Vienna. My mother is kind but weak; she was not the wife my father deserved". I have a feeling that he would have made a great Emperor if he had been given the chance.

[@Fireoflearning]

I think he was right too. Napoleon and Josephine did not have a perfect relationship, but she was a strong person who complimented Napoleon well as Empress. Marie Louise by contrast was a fickle person who was definitely not interested in ever swimming upstream.

[@ajb1876]

Geeddfffffff

[@MsLogjam]

Well, she was the wife he insisted on; he had to have a Hapsburg the way some men have to have the fifty-foot yacht instead of the thirty-foot yacht.

[@nicocola284]

@@MsLogjam he wanted a Romanov but couldn’t so he chose a Habsburg instead

[@nicocola284]

@@MsLogjam and women aren’t yatch

[@wutang9870]

"ironic" note : it is Hitler in 1940 that returned the ashes of Napoléon II from Vienna to Paris , he now rest in the Invalides near his father

[@wutang9870]

@Kaan Özkuscu i know that , still ironic

[@DJTOM_]

@Kaan Özkuscu he was right wing?

[@pelleoh]

@@DJTOM_ How can someone be right wing if they're a leader for a SOCIALIST party? And much of Hitler's politics were definitely socialist ones.

[@sauceyeti4381]

Interesting

[@dwillbecancelledsoon4086]

@@pelleoh Fascism is beyond and above the left-right dichotomy

[@theironknight597]

A sad and tragic end, even more so when you read Napoleon II's own words during his last days.

[@thunderbird1921]

Rather funny though how despite all their attempts to prevent a Bonaparte return, the European powers failed when Napoleon III walked into Paris (and later went to war with the Austrians).

[@fahoodie1852]

@@thunderbird1921 Napoleon III was quite underrated

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

@@fahoodie1852 Not quite, hella underrated, that dude was awesome, but everydody remembers him for the failure with Prussia, wich was inevitable.

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

@@regulusmuphrid4891 vich vas inevitabule

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

@@imperiumbrasiliae ???

[@emmettg7490]

Some of those portraits are astonishingly good.

[@liselottehildegarde5367]

9:25 He looks like a Shoujo Manga Prince

[@ceoofsomething511]

"I'm actually average height for the time" Napoleon

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

He was 4cm larger than average.

[@boss180888]

i prefer "taller than nelson"

[@waynemarvin5661]

Is that a quote? Where's it from?

[@ceoofsomething511]

@@waynemarvin5661 Oversimplified

[@thunderbird1921]

Just saw that Oversimplified video. LOL. "Hey! I'm average height for the time you JERK!"

[@glossyiana7130]

This year marks the 200 aniversary of the death of napoleon

[@Daniel-kk7mp]

F

[@dustin628]

Wow that's cool. He really was brilliant. The French are unstoppable with a strong, smart, capable ruler. It took all of Europe to take him down... twice.

[@michazadkowski8516]

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[@pactimnoob1131]

@@dustin628 with a leader like him the French are dead literally dead look how many died also unstoppable but most dead

[@dustin628]

@China Boss do you not care bc Napoleon was extremely successful and the China boss Mao killed 45million+ innocent Chinese and failed to even take Taiwan?

[@rafisanders]

Gotta give it to Napoleon, he took on all of Europe and smacked them around for 20 years

[@weebishusername9288]

@@detonator1329 The summer and disease did a lot of damage to Napoleon before winter ever had a chance

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@victor.elkins Same as for Adolph.

[@TS-bn7zt]

@@weebishusername9288 Indeed .

[@drpepper3838]

Conquering is easy when you start with a big population of 28 million, big population means big army

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@drpepper3838 The French Army was a huge hammer and Europe was a bunch of nails.

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

He literally looks like a germanic version of Napoleon

[@sauronmordor7494]

yes

[@polygonalfortress]

Well his second was an Austrian no suprise there

[@wendys9587]

The Germanic version of Napoleon was born in 1889

[@kimok4716]

@@wendys9587 Hitler wasn't a great military commander

[@wendys9587]

@@kimok4716 he conquered most of Europe. As a conqueror he is in the same club as Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, etc.

[@sauceyeti4381]

"I'd rather see him dead than raised as a captured Austrian prince." -Napoleon, Waterloo (1970)

[@justinpachi3707]

He never said that in real life though. He even tried to have his son visit him when he returned to France and after exile.

[@verbinski3195]

1970?

[@Waldorf73]

@@verbinski3195 Film.

[@sauceyeti4381]

@@verbinski3195 A very good film I'd recommend watching.

[@theironknight597]

@@verbinski3195 Imagine if he was around in 1970 that would be crazy

[@Replicaate]

Napoleon II/the Duke of Reichstadt is such a tragic figure to me. He was a smart young man if nothing else, and he knew people were basically trying to forget about him or bury him, because his existence was potentially dangerous to so many long-term plans. Then as now, it's easy to project and speculate - would he have been a great French monarch and brought about a second empire of his own? Would he have disregarded his father's legacy and become a great Austrian military officer instead? Would he have done neither and simply been content to live the quiet-ish life of a lesser Habsburg? We'll never know since he died so young. My two cents are had he lived and history swung in slightly different directions, I think we would be talking a lot more about him and might well live in a different world geopolitically.

[@kolerick]

as long he didn't take Belgium and in particular, Antwerp, UK wouldn't rally the whole of Europe against him/France... at least until France become the main continental power then it's English "diplomacy" as usual, ally with the second continental power against the first...

[@timothymoore6341]

He corresponded with Queen Victoria quite a bit. She looked at him as a son.

[@bweaddss]

@@timothymoore6341wrong Napoleon, lol

[@OsmSkylandersCheats]

I imagine if Napoleon II had a son, he also would be named Napoleon

[@steelcrown7130]

It was their schtick (Shtick? Whatever). It was all they had.

[@oaktree313]

Napoleon 2.0

[@ThomasRonnberg]

The heroic tale of Napoleon in contrast to the diary accounts of his soldiers.

[@Carabaz]

@viralshield The Fuck?

[@zoomerboomer1396]

@viralshield Napoleon was the type of men who would massacre a whole garrison after they have agreed on surrender terms or wouldn't agree to evacuate his woundes soldiers after a lost battle to safe face. There are not many men who brought per capita more death to Europe than Napoleon.

[@Celedan]

@@zoomerboomer1396 That is because England and her allies wouldn't stop declaring war on him.

[@Anonymous37529eight]

@@Celedan So they should have waited until Napoleon conquered all Europe? Why was Napoleon invading other countries?

[@butterskywalker8785]

@@Celedan I mean they offered him peace with France keeping some of its borders and he gets to keep the throne but he refused

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

So imagine if he was never sickly? He had his fathers tongue, his interests in military. Imagine Europe fighting a Second Napoleonic Wars? I dunno why but I can imagine in my head, an alternate timeline of Europe allowing Napoleon II to actually reign with either his mother as Regent or a Military Officer being the defacto ruler until Napoleon was of age

[@sauronmordor7494]

yes

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

To be fair, if Europe had a second set of Napoleonic wars, they'd probably purge his bloodline to keep it from happening again.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@SpaceMonkeyBoi Shit. If that happened. They might've painted Napoleon II as the OG Hitler or something

[@gutsjoestar7450]

it's not because he reign he will start a new war; that's moronic he would just rule, good ruler, as he like his father, he will have succesful campaigns, but far from a total european major wars with russia prussia great britain spain italy sweden france etc involved

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@gutsjoestar7450 It was only a thought. I know Napoleon II may not have pulled the same mistake as his father by starting another World conflict. But he definitely could’ve been a good ruler. Seemed like an educated mind

[@kuzakani4297]

I wouldn't be surprised if some day someone discover that he died poisoned the same way we found out about his father's death one century later.

[@RookhKshatriya]

Makes a lot of sense.

[@thenoobgameplays]

0:28 indeed. Just completing what you just said, i see myself obliged to mention that. It is said that at the time of the divorce of Bonaparte and his marriage with the new french empress, he said to his beloved Josefine that he was just marring a womb and not a woman. He also spoke her name as his final words while on his deathbed.

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

pretty sure he was motivated to leave elba and reform his empire when she died

[@bonniemagpie5166]

Josephine didn't have a fertile womb to give Napo Napoleon. I can't understand why he liked her so much.

[@samuelwithers2221]

@@bonniemagpie5166 Because, shockingly, women are people and not just wombs with legs.

[@AL73250]

"Napoleon initially remarked that he had "married a womb" to an aide, but their relationship soon grew. He "spared no pains" to please her and claimed at one point to prefer Marie Louise to his first wife Joséphine; while he had loved Joséphine, and though he claimed Joséphine remained his greatest friend even after their amicable divorce, he had not respected her, whereas with Marie Louise, there was "Never a lie, never a debt" - presumably a reference to Joséphine's rumoured extramarital affairs and reputation as a spendthrift."

[@falconeshield]

​@@samuelwithers2221Sadly that's what she was in the new movie. It's true that Napoleon's luck ran out after he divorced Josephine but she wasn't THAT good in military strategy.

[@GDHCole-uj7mc]

Last time I was this early, Napoleon still has long hair

[@herkestennefretediyom3267]

Why did he cut his hair tho

[@glocksmith226]

@@herkestennefretediyom3267 because someone was spreading false news and rumors that he was a female dressed as a man to put an permanent stop to this rumor he cut his hair and the second and main reason because when he was in Egypt he could not tolerate the hot weather there so he cut his long hair there.

[@samueldesmondtuah1421]

Me having a time machine. Hello Napoleon, here is the cure for that cough. I'll visit again in 10 years.

[@samueldesmondtuah1421]

@Kaan Özkuscu Me at 1914, hey Ferdinand you don't wanna turn that way

[@samueldesmondtuah1421]

@Kaan Özkuscu I am telling Chiang you gotta find this Mao guy. (1930)

[@retardcorpsman]

Years later..in 2021. The world is divided in three and engulfed in a war that has lasted 5000 years. Khalif Omar the immortal, Ferdinand the iron cyborg and Napoleon the great have divided the world amongst themselves and the world has turned into a massive military complex. Hitler, an aspiring Austrian artist, advocates for world peace and has become the world’s greatest humanitarian. Ghandi, sick and tired of Omar’s authoritarian rules, has started an anarchy movement in india and has taken control of a nuke. Lenin Bezos is currently the world’s richest man and is the CEO of Tesla. He is married to Elena Romanov, a russian princess. Africa is united into one neutral country owned by Switzerland, an economic vassal of Napoleon. Brazil, a Omar Vassal, is now a maritime empire with great interest in 21st century pirating. Maria Theresa of ISIC is an infamous religious terrorist that is the instigator of the 1/45 attacks on the Reichstag. Toilet paper has just been invented recently in 2009. The Paris stocks is suffering a great depression, possibly due to the drop in Baguette-coin interest in favor of Schnitzel-crypto and Kebab currency

[@zedono1391]

Thank God. There's no time machine. Ummmm........ Maybe there is. I kept on finding finding forgotten history and battles on KZbin.

[@peterdenten]

Ngl, a movie about Napoleon II would be interesting to see, having a boy who never truly knew his father but was much like him. And when he finally starts to embrace his name and heritage, he was cut down with Illness, never making a name for himself like his father did.

[@eduardogutierrez4698]

2:30 As usual great men have to resort to their nephews when they dont have male kids of their own. It happened with Augustus, Justinian the Great and Frederick William II. All of them came into power thanks to their uncles.

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

You think Napoleon was great? You must be fooled. I will not be one to defend an incompetent warmongering military dictator who destroyed his own powerful army, who had his soldiers "live off the land" as they killed and raped any civilians they wanted, who reinstated slavery of blacks in the French Caribbean, and who died a prisoner of war on a remote island responsible for the death of millions in total defeat. It is a disgrace that not only humanity defends this man, they honor him.

[@bykegetter478]

@@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators Napoleon was great.

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

​@@bykegetter478 Oh yes, because we have to rewrite the story to make Napoleon "great". That is what 19th Century Europe did to make themselves seem "glorious", "triumphant" and "great". How do you turn a reckless, incompetent, warmongering, oppressive military dictator with a powerful army that ends in total defeat into an enlightened, noble, military genius who ended in victory? Ask the 19th Century European historians who did just that with Napoleon. Because 19th Century could not stand the fact that Europe almost was conquered by a delusional sociopath who hijacked a powerful military, and acted with no regard for humanity leaving millions dead in defeat, so they changed the story. Sadly for 20th Century Europe, another delusional sociopath would hijack another powerful country and act with no regard for humanity leaving millions dead in defeat. But in the 20th Century, Europe would not be able control the narrative, since they could not even save themselves.

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

@@bykegetter478 No, Europe is lying. Europe is portraying a false image of "glory" and "triumph" when the real story is disaster, disgrace, mass-death, and total defeat. Napoleon took over the most powerful military in the world, and through reckless incompetence, destroyed his own army and left France conquered by enemies at a very high cost for France. Napoleon was not a great "conqueror" when he himself was conquered. Napoleon was a defeated disastrous ruler that only revisionist history from a shameless continent can make him great. It would happen again Europe, but in the 20th Century, you will not control the narrative when another lunatic hijacks a powerful military and leaves his own country totally defeated, because you will not even be able to save yourself.

[@lordburrous9535]

@@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators Napoleon is great

[@ronmaximilian6953]

It is easy to imagine an alternate history where Napoleon II helps to lead the Austrians in victory against the Prussians as a loyal Austrian. It is equally easy to imagine him making it to France and becoming the air to Napoleon, where he would defeat the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War. Of course, it's easy to understand why people suspected he had been poisoned.

[@falconeshield]

Maybe he'd have been a king to Austria. Who knows.

[@temasebonego7007]

If only Napoleon II lived longer: France everywhere in Europe. But yet again you could question if he would be a unforgiving emperor- Never the less his death was really sad.

[@lixobounce6588]

and we probably gonna see a competent second french empire (if you don't Napoleon III is so incompetent that even mexico win against him

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

@@lixobounce6588 Napoleon III helped shaped France a lot. He just wasn't as good like his uncle.

[@mowtow90]

I doublt it . He only had his grandperants to support him and protect him. The monent the Empiror died , he would be left without an ally because the hair despised him. Funny enaugh he actaully liked him as a person but hated him because of his father. The true meaning of been judged for the sins of your perants. It was the same with everybody else in Europe.

[@bweaddss]

@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000He was just as influential as his uncle, just in different things, apart from the whole mexico and Prussia thing

[@Oh_oh_its_Magic]

My dearest son! What has those habsburgs done to my boy! so much greater potential, if I live to see him I would have been proud of him as a father should be, I mark this comments in the memorial to the boy of so much greatness in him taken away so early, sweet dreams my sweet prince and son, you'll never be forgotten..

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

You should be thankful his chin was not a kilometer long

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Wait... He was called a "Rose" 👀???

[@Oh_oh_its_Magic]

@@imperiumbrasiliae indeed I am, he grew to be a handsome lad much like his father.

[@dejabu24]

Great video , one point that you let aside is that during WW2 , Hitler decided to take Napoleon || ashes from Austria to Paris

[@Eternal996]

Why it was in Austria?

[@dejabu24]

@@Eternal996 watch the video

[@snippletrap]

What a guy

[@toric6005]

Awesome video! My fave things about this story that he didn’t touch on are that Marie Louise’s children from her second marriage (which was morganatic) would be super mean to Franz Ferdinand’s wife (also morganatic). Interesting hypocrisy. I also like how Napoleon III’s birth name was Louis Napoleon but his older brother’s name was Napoleon Louis. Far too many Prince Napoleons out there at that time. One of them went by the nickname Plon Plon haha.

[@Grandmastergav86]

Just after I rewatched "Waterloo" for the twentieth time. Cool that they at least reference him in the film, Napoleon wanted to leave a lasting legacy his son could be proud of.

[@Ozziemick]

Good informative video. Nobody really knows the full story of his whole young life than himself and sad that he didn’t write a memoir of himself, like his father did on St Helena. It’s easy for all us speculate what happened without hearing from the man himself. May he continue to Rest In Peace and love.

[@radored7750]

This video absorbed me, i really enjoyed it. One of the best videos on Napoleon II.

[@DonMeaker]

Napoleon II died in Austrian custody. Napoleon IV died in south Africa, killed by Zulus. Napoleon II was cremated, and Hitler, in return for French coal, returned his ashes, which are now in the Place des Invalides.

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

So many people throughout history with such potential but their life cut short by reality. Napoleon the 2nd, Frederick the 3rd of Germany, Maximilian the 1st, archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria, etc. the list could go on…

[@sandeepgill9975]

Lincoln

[@paulhunter6742]

And it's unusual how those deaths had impact to alter history.

[@richardshiggins704]

Complicated , interesting and well explained . Thanks .

[@dagseyoum3361]

Image how different the world would be if Napoleon stayed in power, and the Napoleonic Empire survived ?

[@ceoofsomething511]

Yes

[@MissyA1966]

👏

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

boring

[@purushothaman6698]

Napoleon would be defeated one day or the other. Even if he won at Waterloo he could force peace with the allies but Britain would again get cranky and start more wars with Napoleon and the depleting French army would eventually get destroyed.

[@dagseyoum3361]

@@purushothaman6698 Britian wasn’t strong to single handedly stop Napoleon’s empire

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

Use a beach towel near your mic to know off that hollow sound. Great content!

[@dukadarodear2176]

I have a suspicious mind and I can't help but think that young Napoleon's early death suited many powerful foes. It's claimed that Napoleon senior was helped on his way too.

[@cleganebowldog6626]

I love your videos, and am always excited to see a new one. Thanks!

[@richardw3470]

I like the nonchalant reference to Josephine being "already widowed". Her husband got too close to the national razor.

[@calebanderson7167]

Keep up the great videos, I was wondering if you could update the Viking documentary make it one video

[@thomasb8733]

Just discovered your channel Great content! I would love to see a video on Oswald Mosley's children

[@amateurknight235]

Max Moseley F1 supremo

[@welshpete12]

Very informative , thank you for posting.

[@Micheline6918]

Absolutely loved this video!

[@fearlessmash8717]

This is one of the “WHYY” moments in history

[@vibepolice499]

One of history's "bruh" moments

[@captainmurphy4720]

Its like you knew I always meant to look into this but never thought of it when looking stuff up. Thank you for making my procrastinating scatterbrained nature have no consequences.

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting and informative video

[@bartsullivan4866]

I find it really sad for the kid. Kind of like having the sins of his father over his whole life. Like Pablo Escabar's son as well. All he wanted to do was prove himself. It would not have been an easy thing to deal with having people talk trash about your dad the whole time throughout your life. When in reality he was one of the best military commanders in history and did a lot for the territory he conquered for France in a short time. He wasn't like a king with serfs and didn't treat the common people like dirt like the monarchy. Maybe he never would have come back from exile the 1st time if his wife and son were able to visit and see him on that island.

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

This was quite cool, albeit sad, but cool to learn. I wondered what happened with him and his mother after Napoleon had them leave after his defeat in Russia before his first exile.

[@w_5492]

9:37 that torso is the strangest thing I've seen in quite a while...

[@untruelie2640]

It's just exaggerated or badly painted.

[@w_5492]

@@untruelie2640 That doesn't make it any less strange.

[@nonnaurbisness3013]

@@w_5492 yes it does. Something being badly painted isn't confusing or out of the ordinary.

[@w_5492]

@@nonnaurbisness3013 It is when it's Napoleon's son.

[@nonnaurbisness3013]

@@w_5492 no its not

[@xycomm5604]

I like to think princess Sophie’s son is the son of Napoleon the 2nd. A somewhat tragic yet beautiful tale of young love being forced into secrecy due to political and social stipulations of the time…

[@Leo-ok3uj]

That would only make his death in my country even more tragic

[@ario1zamani]

Nicely told in pictures as well

[@aleixbrowne2644]

We need longer videos ❤️

[@NoName-hi7qo]

Throughly informative monsieur 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Only thing I knew about his son is that he was kept in a golden cage since birth. But, even if he had a long life he would've always been just "Napoleon's son" in his shadow.

[@Fires755]

Wow!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@theyoungbonaparte3739]

If only he could be with his dear papa

[@RandomYT05_01]

if only we could do a DNA test on the two to see if they were father and son. Then Maximillian might have just been a grandson of Napoleon.

[@ThatOneSandwichGuy]

One day they might get permission to try that and see

[@oaktree313]

Like a Durasic Park mutation

[@chrisgabele75]

Imagine what would have happened if Napoleon II lived longer than 21.

[@michaelbuchinger6191]

He probabaly would have become an Austrian general/high ranking military leader

[@mapoleo]

@@michaelbuchinger6191 and given that he did somewhat admired his father, there’s a chance he would have started something

[@CT9905.]

Very informative!

[@CatonaWall175]

Very interesting and well presented video. Merci beaucoup.

[@rogerpropes7129]

This may be contained in the comments, but recent DNA analysis has proved that Napoleon's illegitimate son by Marie Walewska lived to have issue and descendants alive today. Also the question of Napoleon II's possible son by Sophia might be answered with DNA.

[@Boretheory]

How much do we know for certain this guys is his descendant? Because in that case he’s more legitimate than Jean Christophe which is a descendant of the brother of Napoleon

[@captainloggy140]

@@Boretheory An illegitimate descendant has no dynastic claim

[@jpi28602]

Napoleon’s best pickup line: “I like your sleeves, they’re real big.”

[@jeffc9673]

Nice presentation.

[@jc2delaga]

Very interesting! Thank u

[@angelleon5764]

They were like don’t let him near France , he’ll become powerful

[@kolerick]

well, when you see how the French welcomed Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the nephew, as president then emperor more than 30 years latter, you can imagine how they would have welcomed the son only 10 or so years latter...

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

Pretty darn good production here. Good script. Good graphics. Cohesive timing between the two. And good narrating. But sadly the audio quality makes this sound like bargain basement media.

[@MichelleBruce-lo4oc]

Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing have a great day see you next video 😊

[@pushbikeman]

A worthy video which attempts to cover a vast amounts of history in just 12 minutes it is dull yet fascinating too.

[@wesleymiller6674]

Imagine if he had been healthy and lived. Could he have become emperor of Austria, and using his lineage also take France? European history would’ve been dramatically different.

[@pixulita]

Wake up, babe. Fire of Learning just posted another video

[@DarkBuddhist]

Pretty dang interesting video, thanks for bringing up this topic ^^

[@Boretheory]

Omg dark buddhist didn’t expect you here how’s the Doge Napoleon doing?

[@DarkBuddhist]

@@Boretheory wonderfully

[@Boretheory]

@@DarkBuddhist yay got a response. Umh if i may ask .. are you planning to post anything in the near future or it’s over :(?

[@DarkBuddhist]

@@Boretheory :D Its not over. I will post when I can. The progress is extremely slow, but its going

[@tourialaatour1200]

thanks so much !!!

[@ghostblue9598]

Do a story on the late and I believe last family member of Napoleon Bonaparte who in I believe his early 20's went overseas with the British and insisted to accompany a British commander during the War with the Zulu's to where he met his end being to eager for combat and unfortunately met his end by Zulu Warriors to which his body was found mutilated and recovered and sent back home for proper burial

[@johnghudjars3496]

Napoleon II life so tragic: loneliness amidst splendor, that Pet Shop Boys write song about him called "The King of Rome."

[@greenbutter3190]

Stable video 👍

[@avon8375]

Imagine if he didn’t die an early death. I could see him surpassing his father like how Alexander the Great surpassed King Phillip since he was born with power instead of having to spend many years climbing the ladder.

[@jeannerogers7085]

I rather doubt that he would have had a chance at power, as the Age of Kings was passing.

[@frankc3080]

​@@jeannerogers7085this is always a great fear of ppl and weird too lol.. the odds of this are always slim to knell, true it is in the genes but there's only one alexander, one napoleon, one ceaser etc etc. Ppl forget the other factors such as circumstances, upbringing and perspective Napoleon the second suffered gravely though being in the shadow of napoleon

[@homersimpson6585]

@@jeannerogers7085 it was passing but still existed Monarchism was still a big thing in europe in his timeline and as what was mentioned in the video napoleon the third ascended to power, so he did have a chance had he not been sickly albeit its not a guarenteed he'd be the Emperor he still could've been a military general atleast, would he be as good as father? thats something I doubt as his father was one of the best in history but hes still maybe could've been good

[@joshcanttakeajoke2853]

11:16 Wow. Owen Wilson is a vampire.

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

ok

[@jamesmcbeth4463]

Wow, indeed.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

His death made the back page of French newspapers. But his legend increased after Edmond Rostand wrote the 1890s play L'AIGLON, which starred Sarah Bernhardt(!).

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Here's a clip from BABES ON BROADWAY of Judy Garland playing Sarah Bernhardt playing Napoleon II in L'AIGLON! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHTMiIuuq9B0gcU

[@carlogrignaschi8773]

Napoleone Buonaparte is his real name, from Corsica. His family originally from Tuscany fought with Pasquale Paoli against France.He change Is surname in Bonaparte because he was discriminated. He had a very strong Italian accent.

[@CAM8689]

fact is he changed it simple as that...

[@carlogrignaschi8773]

But all this does not mean that Napoleone was not proud to be the emperor of the French. He loved France and he was honored to be french. He wanted to be buried in Paris because without France he was nothing. France gave him Power and glory. But at the same time he was from Corsica and his family was from Tuscany. He was very proud of It. At home he was speaking Italian and corso with his family. Learned French when he was 9 years old. The First years in France for Napoleone were very difficult for lack of monay and more because His camerade were bulling him for His Italian accent and origins and considering him not french. During these Years he was not really Happy to be in France...... For this reason changed his surname Buonaparte to a more French Bonaparte. His father Carlo and his mother fought with Pasquale Paoli. Napoleone never forgave his father when left the fought to give to his family peace and stability. (beautiful are the letters that Napoleone wrote to Paoli and viceversa during all his Life) When in Italy went to the Village in Tuscany to visit the house and tomb of his family. The last letter that he wrote to his son was about to remember Who he was and his family (For Napoleon the family was the most importante institution ). His family moved to Italy and married Italian nobility. Say that Napoleone was French in my opinion Is reductive. There Is a public Napoleon the Emperor and a private Napoleon that was speaking Italian to his mother and Brothers and Corso with his nunny. Culturally his family was italian. We still consider Corsica Culturally italian. It Is like to Say that Garibaldi was french because he was Born in Nizza or Caterina de Medici was french because was the Queen of France....

[@CAM8689]

yea this reeks of italian jealousy.....fact is napoleon changed his name and he spoke corsican....fact is nobody really thinks of italy when it comes to napoleon except some italians...italy as nation did not exist and even the notion of being an italian depending on who you asked on the italian pennisula wld get you vastly different responses.@@carlogrignaschi8773

[@CAM8689]

and its sad becase italy has a tremendous amount to be proud of so many great things food, culture, music, art just the beauty of the country but trying to claim napoleon or even worse ignoring the unique corsican identity and many corsicans would disagree that they are italian many....@@carlogrignaschi8773

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

His title was "the king of Romans" given by his father. Roman people ignored him and the French empire never was popular in Rome (the masterpieces of art kept in museums were brought in France) . By the way the palace reserved to the "king of Romans" by napoleon, a former papal palace, is the current office of the president of italy (one of the biggest in the world).

[@phoebus45]

Napoleon the 2nd was half Habsburg like was Louis the 17th son of Louis XVI. They had similar fate.

[@karenryder6317]

Wasn't Louis XVI's son technically Louis XVII before he died of Tuberculosis (after being tortured and probably raped) in a French jail? That's why the reinstated Burbon king was called Louis XVIII. The end of Louis XVII was not similar to Napoleon II. The former was seven and had been horribly abused for years.

[@garyb2392]

I didn’t know Napoleon had a son until this video! TY

[@catherineshoemaker3401]

Thanks !!

[@ronmaximilian6953]

In some alternate universe, Franz, Duke of Reichstadt led the Austrians to victory at Königgrätz, and Prussia never unified Germany.

[@riograndedosulball248]

That... Is a damn good alternative ending Imagine that alternative universe where Austria unifies Germany and Prussia remains a minor kingdom?

[@ronmaximilian6953]

That's one that I've contemplated. The other is if Napoleon II had managed to make it to France and became a more competent emperor, who defeated the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War.

[@thejmoneyshow]

Napoleon family today is pretty powerful.

[@foreverseethe]

Really? Who are they?

[@markbehn8231]

@@foreverseethe Prince Jean-Christophe Napoleon Bonaparte, descended from Napoleon's brother. In 2019 he married Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg who is the great-great-great niece of Archduchess Marie-Louise (she's a Habsburg). And so it continues...

[@frodo322]

@@markbehn8231 never head of him

[@riograndedosulball248]

How much you wanna bet one of his great grandsons is gonna get back to power, somewhere?

[@thejmoneyshow]

@Neptune's Daddy That's what you think. Continue.

[@jeanamparan893]

Great video man

[@olinayoung6287]

Thanks!

[@russbear31]

Napoleon loved Josephine more than Josephine loved Napoleon. It was a good divorce for Josephine. She became the world's first Grand Alimony Queen. She still lived in regal style like an empress after the divorce.

[@heyphilphil]

Napoleon was still one of the smartest/greatest strategists ever.

[@carolferguson]

Wow. Thank you Sir

[@HistoriaenCeluloide]

There's a french movie about him, "Napoléon II l'Aiglon" (1961) 🎬 but I can't find it anywhere

[@ceoofsomething511]

Happy 4th of July.

[@thehistoryguy7488]

It is also important to note that Adolf Hitler famously had the body of Napoleon II exhumed from the Habsburg crypts in Vienna, and had the body transferred to the Le Invalides to rest beside his father.

[@Atheneon]

Are you sure???? Why did he do that

[@robowisanveithasung6022]

@@AtheneonHitler admired and respected Napoleon as an avid history and military fan, so it was no wonder why he gave the same respect for his son

[@falconeshield]

​@@robowisanveithasung6022He didn't admire him enough to not make his same winter mistake 😂

[@robowisanveithasung6022]

@@falconeshield you're right

[@ardentabacist]

Excellent history lesson ~

[@herkestennefretediyom3267]

So sad for him... he sure missed his father a lot.... and it reminds me of Stromae's song

[@basedkaiser5352]

The story of his grandnephew (Napoleon IV) is also sad. So much potential wasted because of his recklessness.

[@quentinnewark2745]

Shot by Zulus!!! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Napoléon,_Prince_Imperial

[@kaushiksheshnagraj7176]

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[@cherylpurdue888]

That was a very interesting story 😊

[@DanielLopez-op8kv]

Please make a video on Maximilian, I’m very curious as to how he ended up in Mexico and becoming emperor

[@untruelie2640]

Short story: Mexico gained independence from Spain as the First Mexican Empire under Augustín de Iturbide. He was later dethroned and Mexico carried on as a republic. During the American Civil War, the US were not in the position to enforce the Monroe Doctrine, so Napoleon III. tried to intervene in Mexico. The French and some mexican politicians convinced Archduke Maximilan to become the new Emperor of Mexico. When the french troops had to leave the country, the Second Mexican Empire collapsed and Maximilian was shot by mexican rebel troops.

[@DanielLopez-op8kv]

@@untruelie2640 very appreciated

[@alexromero135]

@@DanielLopez-op8kv You should watch the armchair historian video on it

[@DanielLopez-op8kv]

@@alexromero135 I’ll give it a watch. Thank you guys, this is the friendliest comment section I’ve seen

[@pdmacguire]

The number of children fathered by Napoleon Bonaparte is in no way unknown, unless you don't even pursue basic research. Counting his adopted son, Eugene de Beauharnais he had four sons. One might say that he should have spent more time in bed with his wife, but she likely had syphilis.

[@Fireoflearning]

Well show me this basic research that shows all of his illegitimate children are accounted for then