Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

King of Rome

A title conferred by Napoleon I. on his son on the day of his birth. More generally called the Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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