History Fanfic / TheSonOfTheEmperor

* IHaveManyNames[=/=]MiddleNameBasis: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoleon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication. After the dissolution of the French Empire, he was sent to Vienna to live with his mother as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt,[[note]]However, he's mistakenly referred to as Duke of '''the''' Reichstadt in the fanfic[[/note]] but he prefers Charles in private. TruthInTelevision.

It follows the friendship between Twilight Sparkle and the exiled son of {{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}}, Franz, Duke of Reichstadt (who prefers the name Charles in private) and the effect it will have on world history, while at the same time speculating on how the world would look like if sentient talking ponies, griffons, dragons and magic were a common occurance.

* IHaveManyNames[=/=]MiddleNameBasis: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoléon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication. After the dissolution of the French Empire, he went to Vienna to live with his mother as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt, but he prefers Charles in private. TruthInTelevision.

* RuleOfCool: On one occasion, a baker named Sacher makes the Austrian imperial court a present; a chocolate cake, later better known as a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachertorte Sachertorte]]''. WordOfGod admitted that this is some violent AnachronismStew, despite being a nice concept.
** Given that cakes similar to the Sachertorte were around as early as 1718, though, the Anachronism Stew is less violent than it appears.

* IHaveManyNames[=/=]MiddleNameBasis: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoléon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication. Then, after the dissolution of the French Empire, he went to Vienna under the name of Franz, Duke of Reichstadt to live with his mother, but prefers Charles in private. TruthInTelevision.

* IHaveManyNames[=/=]MiddlNameBasis: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoléon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication, before he assumed under the name of Franz, Duke of Reichstadt in Vienna, and prefers Charles in private.

* IHaveManyNames: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoléon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication, before he assumed under the name of Franz, Duke of Reichstadt in Vienna, and prefers [[MiddleNameBasis Charles]] in private.

* IHaveManyNames: [[OverlyLongName Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte]] was briefly known as Emperor Napoléon II following [[{{UsefulNotes/Napoleon Bonaparte}} his father's]] abdication before he assumed under the name of Franz, Duke of Reichstadt in Vienna, and prefers [[MiddleNameBasis Charles]] in private.

It follows the friendship between Twilight Sparkle and Franz, Duke of Reichstadt (who prefers the name Charles in private) and the effect it will have on world history, while at the same time speculating on how the world would look like if sentient talking ponies, griffons, dragons and magic were a common occurance.

It follows the friendship between Twilight Sparkle and Charles and the effect it will have on world history, while at the same time speculating on how the world would look like if sentient talking ponies, griffons, dragons and magic were a common occurance.

%%* ABoyAndHisX

** The real Napoleon II was known as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This is evidently not the case in the world of the fanfic.

Can be read via the Internet Archive [[https://web.archive.org/web/20161019200441/http://www.fimfiction.net/story/8145/The-Son-of-the-Emperor here]].

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Prince And His Unicorn]]

* [[ShownTheirWork Shown His Work]]: The author pays a lot of attention to historic details, and it shows.

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: How Charles sees the nobility around him.

* UnreliableExpositor: The history books Twilight and Charles have read tend to be either biased or unable to get accurate information. Especially when dealing with topics such as Equestria.
* YourCheatingHeart: Sophie, seeing as she slept with [[spoiler: Charles]] while she was engaged to Archduke Franz Karl.

The year is 1820, Napoleon has been defeated and exiled, Europe is slowly returning to its old and tried ways. But unbeknowst to anyone a series of events bring together a young unicorn and a human prince. Together they will change Europe, and the world, forever.

* {{Epigraph}}: Each chapter starts with a quote, mostly from historical figures.
* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: Twilight is surprised by the fact that something as mundane as lifting books or opening a door with magic is unheard of outside of Equestria. This is because unicorns are not allowed to practice magic beyond certain strict limits, and most of them can't perform even the most basic tasks.

Vanished from the internet. Please post a link if found.

Can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/story-son-of-emperor.html here]], [[http://nomoresanity.deviantart.com/gallery/33090360 here]] and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/8145/The-Son-of-the-Emperor here]].

* XMeetsY: Post-[[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic wars]]-Europe meets ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** Or, more specifically, WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic meets Napoleon II (a biopic).