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Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War

Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War

Prince Eugene NapoleonPrince Eugene Napoleon

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War

Prince Eugene NapoleonPrince Eugene Napoleon

The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British forces, was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a British reconnaissance party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of Itelezi Mountain and Ityotyozi River in Zululand. The prince's horse, "Fate", bolted and the prince, in attempting to mount his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. A memorial, now a historical monument, was erected to him by Queen Victoria at the place where he had been killed.  

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  1. 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 40.
  2. 02Research Subjects Macdonald And Prince Eugene: the Battle Of The Piave, 1809 [online] Available at: www.napoleon-series.org [Accessed on 31 May 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011071

South African History Online (2011) 'Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011071 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011071, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011071. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Prince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011071.

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