Louis, Napoleon’s little brother with wife Hortense’s son was named Napoleon III…

… He was the nephew and heir to Napoleon 1st.

We will discuss Napoleon III and his wife  in detail later, because they are our fashion connection into the 20th century, and the central figures bringing together the stories of almost all the royal families of Europe.

(Featured portrait: Napoleon III in 1852.  Below: with his only son and only child Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, who died at age 19 fighting at war)