LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE King of Holland - Lot 263

LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE King of Holland June 5, 1806 - July 1, 1810 LOEDEW. NAP. KON. VAN HOLL. His bare head to the left. R/. KONINGRIJK HOLLAND. Crowned coat of arms. Below, vintage and bee. Oblique striated edge. ♦ Fr 322 Ducat d'or à l'écu 1809 Utrecht (3.49 g) Very fine / Superb. This type was struck only in 1809 and 1810 and was largely recast after the fall of the Empire when William I became King of the Netherlands in 1814. Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, born September 2, 1778 in Ajaccio (Corsica) and died July 25, 1846 in Livorno (Tuscany), was a French prince who was King of Holland from 1806 to 1810 under the name Louis Napoléon I (Lodewijk NAPOLÉON I in Dutch). Son of Charles Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, he was a member of the House of Bonaparte and one of Emperor Napoleon I's four brothers, as well as the father of Napoleon III.