Gerard_-_Napoléon_II_Roi_de_Rome
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Roi de Rome

Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon.   He was keen to have an heir but initially

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Roi de Rome's Cradle at Château de Fontainebleau
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Fontainebleau

Madame de Montesquiou ordered another rocking cradle in elm wood trimmed with laurels (the Roman emblem of victory). As usual,

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Duke of Reichstadt
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Napoleon II

Eight months after the King of Rome’s first—and only– stay at Compiègne, Napoleon headed off for the ill-fated campaign in

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The King of Rome’s bedchamber. He stayed there for the first and only time when he was five months old following the celebrations at the Trianon.
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Compiègne

The Joseph Franque portrait of Marie-Louise and her son is in the Versailles collection Shortly before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette

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King of Rome's Bathroom at Compeigne
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Boudoir

A small boudoir is next to the bedroom.  It is furnished as it was during the stay of the Spanish

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Roi de Rome’s Cradle

Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon.   He was keen to have an heir but initially

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