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=== France === In 1736, [[Theodore of Corsica|Freiherr Theodor Stephan von Neuhof]] established himself as [[Kingdom of Corsica (1736)|King of Corsica]] in an attempt to free the island of [[Corsica]] from [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese rule]]. In 1804, French [[French Consulate|Consul]] [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] proclaimed himself "[[Emperor of the French|Emperor]] Napoleon I".<ref name="PorterfieldSiegfried2006">{{cite book|last1=Porterfield|first1=Todd Burke|last2=Siegfried|first2=Susan L.|title=Staging empire: Napoleon, Ingres, and David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pt1KApT_bBsC&pg=PA4|accessdate=1 December 2011|year=2006|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0-271-02858-3|page=4}}</ref> Although this imperial regime ended with his fall from power, Napoleon's nephew, [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]], was elected in 1848 as [[President of France]]. In 1852, he declared himself "[[Second French Empire|Emperor Napoleon III]]"; he was deposed in 1870.<ref name="NS">Nohlen & Stöver, p683</ref>
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