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TIL Louis-Napoléon, the grand-nephew of Napoleon I moved to England after his father’s exile. He trained at the British Royal Military Academy and hoping to see action was sent to South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War. Tragically, he was stabbed to death by Zulu warriors in 1879 at the age of 23.

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