(Established by the Senate, May 18, 1804.)
=1804-1814.=--Napoleon (Bonaparte) I. (1769-1821), decreed Emperor, May
18, 1804. He renounced the thrones of France and Italy, and accepted the
Isle of Elba for his retreat, April 5, 1814. Again appeared in France,
March 1, 1815. Was defeated at Waterloo, June 18, 1815. Abdicated in
favor of his infant son, June 22, 1815. Banished to St. Helena, where he
died, May 5, 1821.
=.........=--Napoleon II. (1811-1832); never reigned; he was Napoleon’s
son by his second wife, Maria Louisa of Austria, and later created Duke
of Reichstadt, and King of Rome.