Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte (October 11, 1815 – April 7, 1881) is a French nobleman, revolutionary and politician, the son of Lucien Bonaparte and his second wife Alexandrine de Bleschamp.
He is a nephew of Napoleon I of France, Joseph Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Louis Bonaparte, Pauline Bonaparte, Caroline Bonaparte and Jérôme Bonaparte.
The French republican party, unlike the country, which hails this reconciliation of liberty and order, refuses to be content with the liberties they have won; they refuse all compromise, declaring themselves more than ever decided upon the overthrow of the Empire.
The killing of the journalist Victor Noir by Pierre Bonaparte, a member of the imperial family, gives the revolutionaries their long desired opportunity (10 January), but the émeute (uprising) ends in a failure.
In a concession to democratic currents, the emperor puts his policy to a plebiscite on May 8, 1870.
The result is a substantial success for Bonaparte, with seven and a half million in favor and only one and a half million against.
However, the vote also signifies divisions in France.
Those affirming are found mainly in rural areas, while the opposition prevails in the big towns.