Talk:Napoleon II

message: A recent edit changed a sentence to read:
The next Napoleon to come to the throne of France took the name Napoleon III in deference to the French custom of continuing to count regnal numbers even when a royal family is not reigning.
Can this really be said to be a "custom" at the point in history under discussion?  Napoleon III was only the second to follow it (Louis XVIII being the first, at the beginning of the century).  Perhaps France is like the American South in this regard; a friend of mine from Virginia once remarked that "once is a precedent, twice a tradition."
Finally, it should be noted (again) that Napoleon II did in fact reign (though of course he never ruled in the way that his father and cousin did). For two weeks in June and July of 1815, he was recognized as head of state by the French government in Paris.  I know its brief, and that the anti-French coalition never recognized him as Emperor, but he wasn't like Louis XVII, who spent his "reign" in the Bastille and probably never knew that some exiles considered him to be king of France. --Jfruh (talk) 14:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Custom? 

message: Why does the succession box have a reference to the Prince Canino line?  I thought that neither Lucien or his decendents claimed the French Imperial throne.  Lucien wasn't even in the line of succession.  Though Napoleon I made him an imperial prince, he did not officially place him in the line of succession.  Besides, even if he was in the line of succession, wouldn't he come after Joseph, therefore even if he was the pretender, it would have been after Joseph, not Napoleon II.  Because of this, I think that Lucien's name should be deleted from the succession box.  Emperor001 21:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sucession

message: Perhaps in title only. Napoleon II never reigned, according to most historians (and encylopedias), we shouldn't be re-writing history. GoodDay (talk) 19:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sometimes, history needs a little rewriting not because of inaccurate facts, but because of inaccurate interpretation of given facts. You can dispute whether someone like Louis XIX, being technically head-of-state for fifteen minutes for his father being through with his abdication document already and himself not, can be called king (I doubt it), but if all is true that is not doubted here, Napoleon II was as much an Emperor of the Frech as any four-year-aged child can possibly be. --84.154.98.243 (talk) 20:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Emperor of the French

message: Shouldn't there be a succession box for it? 70.55.86.100 (talk) 11:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: King of Rome

message: What are the orders the Duke of Reichstadt is wearing in the article's illustrations? Opera hat (talk) 22:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gongs 

message: This article should be renamed. The title of the Bonapate dynasty was "Emperor of the French" not "of France". As there's no other monarch known as Napoleon II, "Napoleon II" is sufficient. DITWIN GRIM (talk) 15:24, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Napoleon of France ??? 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Napoleon III of France which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 15:45, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: Surely he became Emperor (in name) after his father's first abdication in 1814? (92.7.8.71 (talk) 02:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reign 

message: At the start of the page, it is said that: He was widely known in France as L'Aiglon ("the Eaglet"), without any reference. This would suggest that he was known as l'Aiglon at the time. 
The French wikipedia page however, states that Son surnom de l'Aiglon lui a été attribué à titre posthume [...] with a reference to the play by Edmond Rostand.
Somehow, the French article appears to be more believable. Should the English text be modified accordingly?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkvisualid (talk • contribs) 09:28, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  L'aiglon 

message: * Between 8 and 9 o'clock at night on 19 March 1811, Empress Marie Louise began to experience the first pains of labour. The princes and princesses of the family, as well as the grand dignitaries, ministers, grand officers of the crown, grand officers of the Empire and the ladies and officers of the household, informed of this by the lady-in-waiting, assembled at the Tuileries Palace. On 20 March, at 9:20 in the morning, a baby boy weighing , with a height of , was born at the Tuileries Palace. 
For any other WP article, it would have been more like:
* Napoleon was born on 20 March, 1811 at the Tuileries Palace, son of Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise.  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 06:04, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Absurdly excessive detail

message: If you don't know what's wrong with this sentence, get a handbook of English somewhere and study it. Once you fix this, go through the rest of the article and fix the other problems. "He was put in the care of Louise Charlotte Françoise Le Tellier de Montesquiou, a descendant of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, who was named Governess of the Children of France. "
100.15.129.3 (talk) 11:21, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to make whatever corrections you think would improve the article. Flyte35 (talk) 04:07, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad grammar 

message: Emperor of France and king of Rome but no prince of Parma for what reason ? He’s was prince in name only had no power at all but he was still prince of Parma Black roses124 (talk) 01:19, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prince of Parma ? 

message: Check dates of Napoleon II 2601:547:1180:AFA0:A183:9966:4BB9:799 (talk) 02:22, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Napoleon II,   burth noted 1811 

message: Franz, Duke of Reichstadt for his adult life (from the German version of his second given name, along with a title his grandfather granted him in 1818)
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Francois is reichstadt in German? I might be very tiered but i don't understand how reichstadt is connected to any of his name's? 2A02:1406:1F:3D41:305E:BCD1:C129:10 (talk) 20:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh I'm stupid 🤣 but i would reword this and explain the Reichstadt part... 2A02:1406:1F:3D41:305E:BCD1:C129:10 (talk) 20:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reichstadt