L'Aiglon
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L'Aiglon was the nickname of Napoleon's son, Napoleon II of France. The name is French for "eaglet" (a young eagle).
It is also the name of a play, L'Aiglon, by Edmond Rostand about Napoleon II's life. Based on Rostand's play, Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert composed an opera in five acts, also with the title L'Aiglon, to a libretto by Henri Cain; this opera was first shown at Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1937.