What is Louis Bonaparte?
{{No sources}} {{Infobox royalty|name=Louis Bonaparte |image = File:1778 Louis Napoleon.jpg |caption = Portrait of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland (1806) |reign = 1806 - 1810 |predecessor = Kingdom created |successor = [[Napoléon Louis Bonaparte|Louis II of Holland]] |birth_date = 2 September 1778 |birth_place = [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[France]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1846|7|25|1778|9|2|df=yes}} |spouse = Hortense de Beauharnais |house = [[House of Bonaparte]] |succession = King of Holland |father = [[Carlo Bonaparte]] |mother = Letizia Ramolino |death_place = [[Livorno]], [[Tuscany]] |full name = Louis Napoléon Bonaparte |issue = [[Napoléon Charles Bonaparte|Napoléon Charles, Prince Royal of Holland]]<br>[[Napoléon Louis Bonaparte|Louis II, King of Holland]]<br>[[Napoleon III|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French]] |signature = Signatur Louis Bonaparte.PNG }} '''Louis Bonaparte''' (''Lodewijk Napoleon'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) (1779-1846), was the younger brother of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], who made him the [[King]] of the [[Kingdom of Holland]] in 1806. When Louis disagreed with Napoleon's policies, he dispatched troops against Holland. Louis abdicated in 1810 and lived most of the remainder of his life in [[Italy]]. He served with his brother in the Italian campaign of 1796–97 and in [[Egypt]] in 1798–99. == Early Life == Louis was born Luigi Buonaparte in [[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]] to [[Carlo Bonaparte]] and Letizia Ramolino. He was the younger brother of [[Joseph Bonaparte|Joseph]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]], Lucien and Elisa, and the older brother of Pauline, Caroline and Jérôme. His early career was spent in the army and he served with [[Napoleon#Egyptian Campaign|Napoleon in Egypt]]. Thanks to Napoleon, he was a general by the age of 25, although he himself felt that he had risen too far in too short a time. Upon his return to France, he was involved in Napoleon's plot to overthrow the [[French_Revolution#The_Directory_.281795-1799.29|Directory]]. After becoming first consul, Napol