The Prince Imperial killed in Zululand
1879 · Event
Louis-Napoléon, only child of Napoleon III and Bonapartist pretender to the French throne, is speared in a skirmish while serving with the British as an observer — his escort having fled. The dynasty of Austerlitz ends in a donga in Zululand; Victoria is devastated, France transfixed, and the scandal nearly eclipses the war.
On these timelines: The Zulu War, France, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master, British Empire
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