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Second Abdication

When: 22 June to 7 July 1815
Where: Paris
Part of: Fall of Napoleon: abdication, surrender, exile and the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815)

Napoleon abdicated for the second time in favour of his four-year-old son, Napoleon II, who was disputed Emperor for two weeks.

In 1815, after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon I abdicated for the second time in favour of his four-year-old son, whom he had not seen since his exile to Elba. Napoleon II was the disputed Emperor of the French for 2 weeks in 1815.

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Napoleon II Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19

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