1811 NAPOLEONS SON KING ROME BAPTISM BRONZE ART MEDAL Start Price USD 99.95 Current Price USD 99.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 25, 2008 End Time Thursday, October 09, 2008 Location Paris See more about '1811 NAPOLEONS SON KING ROME BAPTISM BRONZE ART MEDAL' Description NAPOLEON - THE BAPTISM OF THE KING OF ROME - BRONZE ART MEDAL Diameter: 68mm (approx.2.7")     Weight: 150g (approx.5oz)    Edge/Relief: 5mm A Bronze medal, in excellent condition as scanned, restrike ca 1930, edge marked Cornucopia (Paris mint 1880-)* + "BRONZE". Reference : see CGMP p78 Vol2. Obv. 32nd effigy. signed ANDRIEU. Rev. The Emperor holding his son in his hands. In exergue : BAPTEME DU ROI DE ROME / MD.CCC.XI (1811). signed ANDRIEU FECIT.   Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt (March 20, 1811 – July 22, 1832) was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French. Napoléon François Joseph Charles, known from birth as the King of Rome, was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his second wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He was styled as HM The King of Rome, which Napoleon I declared was the courtesy title of the heir-apparent. Three years after his birth in Paris, the First French Empire - to which he was heir - collapsed, and Napoleon abdicated the throne in favour of his infant son, who was taken by the empress to Château de Blois in April 1814. In 1815, after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon again abdicated in favour of his son. The Chamber of Representatives and Chamber of Peers recognized him as Emperor from the moment of his father's abdication (June 22, 1815), but the entrance of the Allies into Paris (July 7) put an end to this short-lived regime. Despite his nominal reign, he is not normally referred to as "Napoleon II" except by Bonapartists who also call him the King of Rome. The next Bonaparte to come to the throne of France took the name Napoleon III in deference to his cousin's mostly theoretical reign. After 1815, the young prince, now known as "Franz," after his maternal grandfather, rather than as "Napoleon," was a virtual captive in Austria. He was awarded the title of Duke of Reichstadt in 1818. He died of tuberculosis at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna on July 22, 1832. He once said "Had Josephine been my mother, my life would have been different". It has been suggested[1] that his death was the result of deliberate lead or arsenic poisoning at the hands of agents of Metternich's police state. In 1940 his remains were transferred, as a gift to France from Adolf Hitler, from Vienna to the dome of Les Invalides in Paris, where he rested for some time beside his father, later being moved to the lower church. His heart and intestines remain in Vienna, in urn 42 in the Herzgruft, and his viscera are in urn 76 of the Ducal Crypt in Vienna. He was also known as "L'Aiglon", or "The Baby Eagle". Edmond Rostand wrote a play, L'Aiglon, about his life. Serbian composer Petar Stojanović composed an operetta "Napoleon II: Herzog von Reichstadt", premiered in Vienna in the 1920s.   More Art Medals? Check out our other items, also don't forget to visit our ART-MEDALS STORE and also see our Sister Shop on eBay.fr : QUALITY-ART-MEDALS eBay.fr Mint Marks used at the PARIS MINT: Plain Edge ==> All medals before March 30th 1832 have plain edges and before 1841 for bronze or copper.Antique Lamp ==> from March 30th 1832 until October 21st 1841 (on gold & silver only).Anchor ==> from October 21st 1841 until September 25th 1842.Ship Prow ==> from September 26th 1842 until June 12th 1845.Pointing Hand ==> from June 13th 1845 until October 1st 1860.Bee ==> from November 1st 1860 until December 31st 1879.Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) ==> from 1880 until now.  Each Additional Item is $1.50 extra shipping. 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