One more wikibox from my Decembrist Victory TL
Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte was one of the most controversial figures in French history. On one hand, he remembered as a person., who give France liberty and restore French democracy after 15 years ot the authoritarian Napoleon III rule. But there was one problem – his activities as Regent lead to collapse of the Second Empire and, after short period of the weak Third Republic – to the Communard Regime in France. Some later historians even named Napoleon-Jerome reforms, collapse of the French Empire and collapse of the Franco-Austrian Axis as one of the causes of the Communard War, despite fact, that Boulanger ordered to invade Spain more than 20 years later.
Many historians agreed, that Napoleon-Jerome was simply not in his place. A dedicated Liberal and Republican, he would be a good President, if France was a stable democracy. But he had to become a Regent of the large authoritarian Napoleonic Empire – simply because Napoleon III died, his son Napoleon IV was only 3 years old, and Prince Napoleon-Jerome was head of the House of Bonaparte.
As Regent, Prince Napoleon-Jerome starts the reforms with the aim restore Liberty in France. Censorship has been mitigated, political parties, banned by Napoleon III, were allowed again. Final of these reforms were Constitution of 1859, which transformed Empire into a parliamentary monarchy, and the first free elections into the Corps législatif in March 1860… in which republicans and socialists suddenly took 2/3 of the mandates. Next was attempt of the Conservative Army officers, lead by Hero of the Liberation War, Marshal Aimable Pélissier, to made a coup and dissolve the Corps législatif, 2 weeks of the Civil War on the Paris streets, fail of the Pélissier, and restoration of Napoleon-Jerome to power – but now not as Regent, bu as Interim President of of France. Napoleon-Jerome presidency lasted one year, until the Presidential elections were held, and Montagnard Louis Blanc was elected the First President of the Third Republic.
Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte was one of the most controversial figures in French history. On one hand, he remembered as a person., who give France liberty and restore French democracy after 15 years ot the authoritarian Napoleon III rule. But there was one problem – his activities as Regent lead to collapse of the Second Empire and, after short period of the weak Third Republic – to the Communard Regime in France. Some later historians even named Napoleon-Jerome reforms, collapse of the French Empire and collapse of the Franco-Austrian Axis as one of the causes of the Communard War, despite fact, that Boulanger ordered to invade Spain more than 20 years later.
Many historians agreed, that Napoleon-Jerome was simply not in his place. A dedicated Liberal and Republican, he would be a good President, if France was a stable democracy. But he had to become a Regent of the large authoritarian Napoleonic Empire – simply because Napoleon III died, his son Napoleon IV was only 3 years old, and Prince Napoleon-Jerome was head of the House of Bonaparte.
As Regent, Prince Napoleon-Jerome starts the reforms with the aim restore Liberty in France. Censorship has been mitigated, political parties, banned by Napoleon III, were allowed again. Final of these reforms were Constitution of 1859, which transformed Empire into a parliamentary monarchy, and the first free elections into the Corps législatif in March 1860… in which republicans and socialists suddenly took 2/3 of the mandates. Next was attempt of the Conservative Army officers, lead by Hero of the Liberation War, Marshal Aimable Pélissier, to made a coup and dissolve the Corps législatif, 2 weeks of the Civil War on the Paris streets, fail of the Pélissier, and restoration of Napoleon-Jerome to power – but now not as Regent, bu as Interim President of of France. Napoleon-Jerome presidency lasted one year, until the Presidential elections were held, and Montagnard Louis Blanc was elected the First President of the Third Republic.
