1. Napolean Bonaparte
... Josephine to marry a younger, more fertile woman. In April of 1810, he married the eighteen-year-old Arch Duchess, Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francias I of Austria. In 1811, the couple had a son, named Napoleon who was given the title, "King of Rome."(Funk & Wagnalls, 22) Napoleon knew that every great kingdom ... he retreated further into France. At Fontainebleau on April 11, 1814, Napoleon gave up his imperial throne. The allies called for the return of a king of the original Bourbon family and placed Louis XVIII on the French throne.(World Book, 23) The French countrymen agreed...
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