December 2, 1852 as a result of the plebiscite was a constitutional monarchy headed by the nephew of Napoleon I, Louis Napoleon Bonapartom who took the name of Napoleon III. Earlier, Louis Napoleon was president of the Second Republic (1848-1852).
After Napoleon III in the war franko-prusskoy hit a German prisoner under Sedanom (September 1870), held in Bordeaux, France, the National Assembly nizlozhilo him and Second Empire ceased to exist.
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