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Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), younger brother of Napoleon, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, and educated at the military school at Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne), France. He served with his brother in the Italian campaign of 1796-1797 and in Egypt in 1798-1799. Napoleon made him king of Holland in 1806. When Louis disagreed with his policies, Napoleon dispatched troops against Holland. Louis abdicated in 1810 and lived most of the remainder of his life in Italy. In 1802 Napoleon arranged the marriage of Louis and Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais and stepdaughter of Napoleon. A son of Louis and Hortense, Charles Louis Napoleon, became Emperor Napoleon III.

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