How Did Napoleon III Come to Power?

Within a year, the new Napoleon faced his first political crisis withthe outbreak of the Crimean Waragainst Russia.

Finally,Napoleon demolishes the Austrians on the battlefield,forcing Franz Joseph to intervene directly.

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The lonely Empress: beautiful and doomed.

What Happened to Napoleon III?

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Philip Froissant as Franz Joseph sitting worried with a woman’s hands on his shoulders in The Empress

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Elisabeth sitting on a throne in a poster for The Empress

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When rebellious Elisabeth falls for Emperor Franz and becomes his unlikely bride, she enters a world of tensions and intrigue at the Viennese court.

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