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Napoleon III

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The Resume

    (April 20, 1808-January 9, 1873)
    Birth name is Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
    Nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte (?)
    Grandson of Joséphine de Beauharnais
    Prince-President of the French Republic (1848-1852)
    Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
    Is both the first president and the last emperor of France
    Wrote 'Idées napoléoniennes (1839)' and 'L'Extinction du paupérisme (1846)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He openly cheated on his wife.
    He was obsessed with the restoration of the Empire.
    After two failed coups, he tried the democratic way. His family name and demagoguery got him elected President.
    As the Constitution didn’t allow him a second term, he performed yet another coup and gave his presidency a ten-years extension (1851).
    One year later, he proclaimed the Empire.
    His dictatorship imposed a strong censorship (Victor Hugo had to go into exile).
    Though he had said 'the Empire is peace,' France was permanently in war under his reign.
    He declared war on Prussia for no sensible reason (1870).
    He had fallen in Bismarck’s trap: this aggression gave German states a common enemy and speeded up their unification.
    France lost, Napoléon was imprisoned and the German Empire, declared.
    This French defeat is at the root of World War I.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was probably an illegitimate child.
    He spent his childhood and died in exile.
    He enjoyed a strong popular support: he held various referendums, and always got an overwhelming majority.
    The first years, his successful campaigns made France the first military power of Europe.
    Under the pressure of the opposition, he mellowed his regime.
    He granted workers the right to strike (1864).
    Paris owes him much of its modern-day appearance.
    He took great care of his facial hair.

Credit: Sviatoslav Mixer


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 73 Votes: 69.86% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 92 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 88.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 126 Votes: 53.17% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 82 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 68 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 64 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 76 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 73 Votes: 50.68% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 79 Votes: 53.16% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 59 Votes: 74.58% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 230 Votes: 53.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 49 Votes: 73.47% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 55 Votes: 74.55% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 135 Votes: 71.11% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 107 Votes: 71.03% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 79 Votes: 73.42% Annoying