Editing List of French monarchs (section)

=== House of Bonaparte, Second French Empire (1852–1870) ===
{{main|Second French Empire}}

The [[French Second Republic]] lasted from 1848 to 1852, when its president, [[Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]], was declared [[Emperor of the French]] under the regnal name of [[Napoleon III]]. He would later be overthrown during the events of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], becoming the last monarch to rule France.
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|[[File:Portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, in Coronation Robes (by After Franz Xaver Winterhalter) - Palace of Versailles.jpg|110px]]
|'''[[Napoleon III]]'''
|[[File:Coat of Arms Second French Empire (1852–1870).svg|78px]]
|2 December 1852{{Efn-lr|A coronation ceremony for Napoleon III was planned, but [[:fr:Affaire du sacre de Napoléon III|never executed]].}}– 4 September 1870<br/><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1852|12|2|1870|9|4}})</small>
|Nephew of Napoleon I; [[1848 French presidential election|elected]] as [[President of the French Republic]] in 1848, made himself [[Emperor of the French]] after a [[1851 French coup d'état|coup d'état]]
|20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873<br /><small>(aged 64)</small>
----[[Battle of Sedan|Captured]] by the German army on 2 September 1870; deposed ''in absentia'' following the proclamation of the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]].{{Sfn|''EB''||loc=[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-III-emperor-of-France Napoleon III]}}
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