Charles Léon

Charles, Count Léon (1806–1881) was an illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon I of France and Louise Catherine Eléonore Denuelle de la Plaigne (1787–1868). He was the half brother of Alexandre Colonna-Walewski and Napoleon's legitimate son, Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt.

Charles, Count Léon

Léon’s daughter, Charlotte Mesnard who was interviewed in 1921 at the age of 55 said her son had a striking resemblance to Napoleon but had been killed in World War I near Reims. According to the article, she also said that her three much younger half brothers were killed in the war as well.[1]

References
  1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/04/23/109803978.pdf


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