Napoleon II II and his brief reign. Napoleon was born on 20 March 1811 at the Tuileries Palace, son of Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise. On the same day he underwent "ondoyé" (a traditional French ceremony which is considered a preliminary, brief baptism) by Joseph Fesch with his full name of "Napoleon François Charles Joseph". The baptism, inspired by the baptismal ceremony of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France, was held on 9 June 1811 in Notre Dame de Paris. Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Austrian ambassador to France, wrote of the baptism: He was put in the care of Louise Charlotte
Napoleon III Napoleon to sign the preliminary documents of a peace treaty, but Napoleon refused, telling them that the French government headed by the regent, the Empress Eugénie, would need to negotiate any peace agreement. The Emperor was then taken to the Chateau at Bellevue near , where the Prussian King visited him. Napoleon told the King that he had not wanted the war, but that public opinion had forced him into it. The Prussian king politely agreed. That evening, from the Chateau, Napoleon wrote to the Empress Eugénie: "It is impossible for me to say what I have suffered and what