In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

This man's rise to his first important position of power was supported by the Party of Order, and his trusted advisors included the authoritarian Eugene Rouher and the liberal Duke of Morny. Under this ruler, the minister of education Victor Duruy actively fought clerical influence, and this man entered into talks with the president of Equador about creating a "Kingdom of the Andes. " Together with Camilo Cavour, this man concluded the secret agreement of Plombiers, and assistance to the Piedmontese in the victory over Austria at the Battle of Solferino resulted in the Peace of Villafranca. The affair of the Hohenzollern candidacy led him to instigate a war which ended when he was captured at the Battle of Sedan, after which this man was deposed and the Third Republic proclaimed. For ten points, identify this man who became president on the abdication of Louis-Philippe and who ruled from 1852 until 1873 as the last French Emperor.
History