Heinrich Gustav Euler

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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Modern History, University of Würzburg, Germany. Author of Napoleon III. in seiner Zeit, (vol. 1).

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Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.

Napoleon III was the nephew of Napoleon I, president of the Second Republic of France (1850–52), and then emperor of the French (1852–70). He gave his country two decades of prosperity under a stable, authoritarian government but finally led it to defeat in the Franco-German War (1870–71). He was…