He commissioned the city planner Baron Haussmann, and, allied with Victor Emmanuel II, this commander won at Solferino.
This leader authored The Extinction of Pauperism. The conquest of Cochinchina under his rule led to the Siege of Saigon, though his expansionism was checked in the Luxembourg Crisis. This husband of Eugénie de Montijo employed the ambassador Count Benedetti and, with Count Cavour, signed the Plombières Agreement. He commissioned the city planner Baron Haussmann, and, allied with Victor Emmanuel II, this commander won at Solferino. Von Moltke's forces captured this backer of Maximilian's Mexican Empire at the Battle of Sedan. After Louis-Philippe's 1848 abdication, he became president of the Second Republic, only to later lose the Franco-Prussian War. For 10 points, name this last French emperor, a nephew of the first.
This leader authored The Extinction of Pauperism. The conquest of Cochinchina under his rule led to the Siege of Saigon, though his expansionism was checked in the Luxembourg Crisis.
Napoléon III [or Charles Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte; or Napoléon le Petit; or Napoleon the Small; or Napoleon the Little; prompt on "Bonaparte"; do NOT accept or prompt on "Napoléon"]