Such achievements, however, pale in comparison to his failed military ventures such as the Strasbourg coup of 1836 and, during his later rule following the coup of the duc de Morny, the attempt to conquer Mexico and the disastrous war with Prussia.
His only son served in the British Army and was speared to death in 1879 by Zulus. Father and son are buried together in Farnborough, England, even though this man oversaw the construction of the railway network and investment banking system in France. Such achievements, however, pale in comparison to his failed military ventures such as the Strasbourg coup of 1836 and, during his later rule following the coup of the duc de Morny, the attempt to conquer Mexico and the disastrous war with Prussia. FTP, name this man who was president of the Second Republic before declaring himself emperor in 1851.
His only son served in the British Army and was speared to death in 1879 by Zulus.
Napoleon III [accept Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; prompt on Louis Bonaparte; prompt on Napoleon]