Line of succession to the French throne (Napoleonic)
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The Napoleonic line of succession is the line of claimants to the French imperial throne, recognized by a majority of Bonapartists. The current line was founded by Napoléon Bonaparte's younger brother Jerome Bonaparte, though earlier claimants (including the three reigning emperors, Napoléon I, Napoléon II, and Napoléon III) were descended from Napoléon himself or his younger brother Louis Bonaparte.
[edit] List of claimants
Each claimant is son of the previous claimant, except where otherwise noted.
- Napoléon I (Napoléon Bonaparte) 1814-1815, 1815-1821 (from 1804 to 1814, and again in 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte was Emperor of the French in fact)
- Napoléon II (Napoléon François, Duke of Reichstadt) 1821-1832
- Louis I (Louis Bonaparte) 1832-1846, brother of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Napoléon III (Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) 1846-1852, 1870-1873 (from 1852 until 1870, Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was Emperor of the French (as Napoléon III) in fact)
- Napoléon IV Eugène (Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial) 1873-1879
- Napoléon V Victor (Prince Napoléon Victor Bonaparte) 1879-1926, grandson of Jerome Bonaparte
- Napoléon VI Louis (Prince Louis Napoléon) 1926-1997
After this point, the succession is disputed between father and son, son and grandson respectively of Napoléon VI Louis.
- Napoléon VII Charles (Prince Charles Napoléon) 1997-Present
- Napoléon VIII Jean-Christophe (Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon) 1997-present
[edit] Current line of succession
Line of succession from Prince Charles Napoléon (Napoléon VII Charles)
- HIH Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon (Born 1986), Charles' son (Napoléon VII Jean-Christophe)
- HIH Prince Jerome Xavier Bonaparte (Born 1957), Charles' brother
[edit] See also
- Prince Canino Line descended from Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino. Lucien was a younger brother of Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte but an older brother of Louis and Jerome. Napoléon I recognized only Joseph and Louis as his legitimate successors, and Napoléon III placed Jerome's line ahead of Lucien's in the order of succession.
- History of the French line of succession
