Everything Everywhere Daily · Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Genetic testing conducted in the 2010s suggests that Napoleon III may not have been the biological son of Louis Bonaparte. This finding stems from his mother, Hortense de Beauharnais, having had numerous affairs during her marriage.
“Genetic testing in the 2010s showed that Napoleon III had different chromosomes from most of the male line of the Bonapartes.”
“His mother had many affairs, and many of his family's rivals claimed that he was the son of another man.”