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===Succession rights=== As the only legitimate son of Napoleon I, he was already constitutionally the Prince Imperial and [[heir apparent]], but the Emperor also gave his son the title of [[King of the Romans#First French Empire|King of Rome]]. Three years later, the [[First French Empire]] collapsed. Napoleon I saw his second wife and their son for the last time on 24 January 1814.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/The-First-Empire?lang=en |title=Château de Fontainebleau |publisher=Musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr |access-date=2012-08-28 |archive-date=2012-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618074733/http://musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/The-First-Empire?lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 4 April 1814, he abdicated in favour of his three-year-old son after the [[Six Days' Campaign]] and the [[Battle of Paris (1814)|Battle of Paris.]] The child became [[Emperor of the French]] under the [[regnal name]] of '''Napoleon II'''. However, on 6 April 1814, Napoleon I fully abdicated and renounced not only his own rights to the French throne, but also those of his descendants. The [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]] in 1814 gave the child the right to use the title of Prince of Parma, of Piacenza, and of Guastalla, and his mother was styled the [[Duchy of Parma|Duchess of Parma, of Piacenza, and of Guastalla]].
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