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{{Short description|Disputed Emperor of the French in 1815}}
{{Infobox royalty
| title        = [[List of heirs to the French throne#Bonaparte succession: First Empire|King of Rome]]<br>[[Zákupy#Duke of Reichstadt|Duke of Reichstadt]]
| image        = Le duc de Reichstadt.jpg<!--Please do not change this without a thorough discussion on the Talk page-->
| caption      = Portrait by [[Leopold Bucher]], 1832
| succession   = [[Emperor of the French]]
| moretext     = ([[Style of the French sovereign|more...]])<br>(disputed)
| full name    = {{langx|fr|Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte}}
| house        = [[House of Bonaparte|Bonaparte]]
| father       = [[Napoleon I, Emperor of the French]]
| mother       = [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma]]
| signature    = File:Signature of Napoleon II.png
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1811|3|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Tuileries Palace]], Paris, [[First French Empire|French Empire]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1832|7|22|1811|3|20|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Schönbrunn Palace]], Vienna, [[Austrian Empire]]
| place of burial = [[Napoleon's tomb]], Les Invalides
| religion     = [[Roman Catholicism]]
| reign       = 22 June – 7 July 1815
| predecessor = [[Napoleon I, Emperor of the French|Napoleon I]]
| successor   = [[Napoleon III]] (1852, as Emperor)<br>[[Louis XVIII]] (as King of France)
| reg-type    = [[French Provisional Government of 1815|Regent]]
| regent      = [[Joseph Fouché]]
| succession1  = [[House of Bonaparte|Head of the House of Bonaparte]]
| reign-type1  = Tenure
| reign1       = 5 May 1821 – 22 July 1832
| predecessor1 = Napoleon I
| successor1   = [[Joseph Bonaparte]]
}}

'''Napoleon II''' (Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte; 20 March 1811{{spaced ndash}}22 July 1832) was the disputed [[Emperor of the French]] for a few weeks in 1815. He was the son of Emperor [[Napoleon I]] and Empress [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise]], daughter of Emperor [[Francis I of Austria]]. 

Napoleon II had been [[Prince Imperial of France]] and [[List of heirs to the French throne|King of Rome]] since birth. After the fall of his father, he lived the rest of his life in [[Vienna]] and was known in the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] court as '''Franz, Duke of Reichstadt''' for his adult life (from the German version of his second given name, along with a title his grandfather granted him in 1818).  He was posthumously given the nickname '''''L'Aiglon''''' ("the Eaglet").

When Napoleon I tried to [[abdicate]] on 4 April 1814, he said that his son would rule as emperor. However, the [[War of the Sixth Coalition|coalition victors]] refused to acknowledge his son as successor, and Napoleon I was forced to abdicate unconditionally some days later. Although Napoleon II never actually ruled France, he was briefly the [[titular ruler|titular]] Emperor of the French after the second fall of his father. He died of [[tuberculosis]] at the age of 21.

His cousin, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, founded the [[Second French Empire]] in 1852 and ruled as Emperor [[Napoleon III]]. He was also the maternal great-great-grandson of Empress [[Empress Maria Theresa|Maria Theresa]], Empress of [[Habsburg Empire|Habsburg Dominions]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and great-grandson of [[Maria Carolina of Austria]], Queen of [[Naples and Sicily]].