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    was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. He was born in Paris as the son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (r. 1806–1810), and Hortense de Beauharnais...
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    France, Eugenie de Montijo, and the Countess de Castiglione. She was also known as private art collector. Under the Second French Empire, de Laborde became...
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    This clownish action was successful; Bonaparte immediately directed Louis-Alexandre Berthier to write out Suchet's nomination for advancement. Suchet received...
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  • brigade) Louis Alexandre d'Albignac (général de division) Pierre Alexandre Joseph Allent (général de division) Jacques-Alexandre-François Allix de Vaux,...
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    expression. Besides the Emperor, are shown Michel Ney, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Antoine Drouot, Charles de Flahaut and Gaspard Gourgaud. The painting atmosphere...
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    menial servants and other classes at court, although Alexandre Bontemps, the head valet de chambre of Louis XIV, was a late example of a "menial" who managed...
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    Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane Francesco Maria Locatelli Giovanni Castiglione Charles Erskine Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin...
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    1849-1850 The Salon Carré in 1861, by Giuseppe Castiglione (Louvre) Salon Carré around 1880, by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun (Louvre) Re-installation of...
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  • French Army Charles-François Lebrun – French statesman Alexandre Ledru-Rollin – French politician Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély – French organist and composer...
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    Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772) (category Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe)
    and resided in the Château de Montgobert.[citation needed] Leclerc was later appointed as chief of staff under Louis-Alexandre Berthier and Guillaume Brune...
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