Louis Napoléon's 1997 will passed over his son Charles and named his 11-year-old grandson head of the Bonaparte house

Louis, Prince Napoléon, was head of the Bonaparte house. His will was made public on 2 December 1997, the anniversary of Austerlitz. It named his grandson Jean-Christophe, born 11 July 1986, as head of the house, passing over his elder son Charles, born 19 October 1950. The reasons reported were Charles's republican politics and his 1996 remarriage without his father's consent^†. Charles says his father had no power to exclude him and that the eldest son inherits by Bonaparte custom. He has also said there "will never be conflict" with his son. Charles was deputy mayor of Ajaccio from 2001 to 2008. In June 2009 the Paris administrative tribunal ruled that no French authority can confirm a "prince" title. Jean-Christophe worked at Blackstone from 2017 to 2022 and founded Leon Capital in April 2022. He married Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg on 17 and 19 October 2019, the religious ceremony at Les Invalides, where Napoleon is buried. Their son Louis was born on 7 December 2022. In 2026 both father and son use the title Prince Napoléon, and Charles is living^†.