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Louis Bonaparte
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Louis Bonaparte (Lodewijk Napoleon in Dutch) (), was the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him the King of the Kingdom of Holland in When Louis disagreed with Napoleon's policies, he dispatched troops against Holland.
Louis abdicated in and lived most of the remainder of his life in Italy.
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He served with his brother in the Italian campaign of –97 and in Egypt in –
Early Life
[change | change source]Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica to Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. He was the younger brother of Joseph, Napoleon, Lucien and Elisa, and the older brother of Pauline, Caroline and Jérôme.
His early career was spent in the army and he served with Napoleon in Egypt. Thanks to Napoleon, he was a general by the age of 25, although he himself felt that he had risen too far in too short a time. Upon his retu