Napoleon I: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Le Petit Caporal • Napoleone Buonaparte • the Little Corporal • the Corsican • Napoléon Bonaparte • Le Corse
Born August 15, 1769 • AjaccioFrance
Died May 5, 1821 (aged 51) • Saint Helena
Title / Office emperor (1815-1815), Franceemperor (1804-1814), France
Founder Saint-Cyr
Political Affiliation Jacobin Club
House / Dynasty Bonaparte family
Notable Family Members spouse Joséphine • spouse Marie-Louise • father Carlo Maria Buonaparte • mother Letizia Buonaparte • son Alexandre-Florian-Joseph Colonna, Comte Walewski • son Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, Herzog von Reichstadt • brother Lucien Bonaparte • brother Louis Bonaparte • brother Joseph Bonaparte • brother Jérôme Bonaparte • sister Pauline Bonaparte • sister Caroline Bonaparte • sister Élisa Bonaparte
Role In Battle of AusterlitzBattle of BorodinoBattle of DresdenBattle of EylauBattle of FriedlandBattle of JenaBattle of LeipzigBattle of LodiBattle of MarengoBattle of SmolenskBattle of UlmBattle of WagramBattle of WaterlooBattle of the PyramidsConcordat of 1801Continental SystemCoup of 18–19 BrumaireFrench RevolutionFrench Revolutionary warsNapoleonic WarsPeninsular WarSiege of AcreSiege of MantuaSiege of ToulonTreaty of AmiensTreaty of Campo FormioTreaty of PressburgTreaty of SchönbrunnTreaties of Tilsit

Did You Know?

  • Napoleon discovered the Rosetta Stone.
  • Plans to rescue Napoleon from exile involved escape by balloon, yacht, and submarine.
  • Napoleon wrote a romance novel titled "Clisson and Eugenie".

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