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{{Infobox royalty|name
▲|image = Louis Neoaa.png
|reign = 1806 - 1810▼
▲|caption = Louis I, first king of Holland
|predecessor = Kingdom created▼
|successor = [[Napoléon Louis Bonaparte|Louis II of Holland]]▼
|birth_date = 2 September 1778
|birth_place = [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[France
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1846|7|25|1778|9|2|df=yes}}
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|data1=[[Napoleon Charles Bonaparte|Napoleon Charles, Prince Royal]]<br>[[Napoleon Louis Bonaparte|Louis II of Holland]]<br>[[Napoleon III of France]]▼
|death_place = [[Livorno]], [[Tuscany]]
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|signature = Signatur Louis Bonaparte.PNG
▲|data4=Letizia Ramolino
▲|order = [[King of Holland]]
▲|reign= 1806 - 1810
▲|predecessor = Kingdom created
▲|successor =[[Louis II of Holland]]
▲|order2 = [[Head of the House of Bonaparte]]
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'''Louis
▲'''Louis I of Holland''' (''Lodewijk Napoleon'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) ([[1779]]-[[1884]]), was the youngre brother of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], who made him [[King]] of the [[Kingdom of Holland]] in [[1806]]. He was also the father of the later [[Emperor Napoleon III of France]].
== Early Life ==
Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]] to [[Carlo Bonaparte]] and Letizia Ramolino. He was
His early career was spent in the army and he served with [[Napoleon#Egyptian Campaign|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 return to France, he was involved in Napoleon's plot to overthrow the [[French_Revolution#The_Directory_.281795-1799.29|Directory]]. After becoming first consul, Napoleon arranged a marriage for Louis to Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of [[Joséphine de Beauharnais|Empress Josephine]] and Napoleon's stepdaughter. Hortense, who was opposed to the marriage, was convinced by her mother to marry Louis for the sake of the family.▼
▲Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]]. He was a younger brother of [[Joseph Bonaparte|Joseph]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]], [[Lucien Bonaparte|Lucien]] and Elisa, and the older brother of Pauline, Caroline and [[Jérôme Bonaparte|Jerome]].
▲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 return to France, he was involved in Napoleon's plot to overthrow the Directory. After becoming first consul, Napoleon arranged a marriage for Louis to Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of Empress Josephine and Napoleon's stepdaughter. Hortense, who was opposed to the marriage, was convinced by her mother to marry Louis for the sake of the family.
== King of Holland ==
[[File:Rapenburg Leiden 1807.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Three days after a devastating explosion of a powder ship on 12 January 1807 in the Dutch town of Leiden.]]
Napoleon made him king of [[Kingdom of Holland|Holland]] on
His reign of the Netherlands was short lived,
After his kingdom was taken from him, Louis remained in Holland for nearly three years and turned to writing and poetry. Louis wrote to Napoleon, after the disastrous Russian campaign, to restore him to the Dutch throne. Predictably, Napoleon refused and Louis returned to France in 1813.▼
▲His reign of the Netherlands was short lived, which was due to Napoleon I's refusal. Napoleon then suggested that Louis should abdicate but his brother refused. Napoleon finally removed Louis to the Dutch throne and take over the entire Kingdom of Holland on July i, 1810.
▲After his kingdom was taken from him, Louis remained in Holland for nearly three years and turned to writing and poetry. Louis wrote to Napoleon after the disastrous Russian campaign to restore him to the Dutch throne. Predictably, Napoleon refused and Louis returned to France in 1813.
== Head of the House of Bonaparte ==
After the death of his elder brother Joseph in 1844, Louis was seen by Bonapartists as the rightful Emperor of the French, although he took little action himself to advance the claim. His son and heir,
==References==
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* Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life, by Alan Schom
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