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We all like Napoleonic victory maps & timelines, but how are things to go on after his dead?

Assuming Napoleon stays in power, but dies in 1821 or a few years later, with his son still a minor.
Who would be regent?

The constituion stipulated an prince francais (the regent had to be male) or lacking a prince above 25 one of the grand-dignitaires (who formed an regnency council anyway).

Princes above 25 would have been AFAIK:

  • Joseph
  • Jerome
  • Louis
Lucien had been thrown out of the dynasty and I am not sure of Eugene or one of Napoleons brothers in law would count.

Grand-dignitaires would have been


The thing is that of Napoleons bothers Jerome and Joseph were foreign monarchs and Louis might still be in exile.

Eugene would be the next in line, but an somewhat akward choice (given that he was heir before Napolen II's birth).

As many princes/grand dignitaires would normaly be on their posts/thrones outside France Talleyrand might try to outmanover them.

And there would be the question at which age Napoleon the II would be declared fit to rule.
Anything from 14 to 25 seems possible.

And what if he dies young to?
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