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Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
The San Miniato branch extinguished with Jacopo in 1550. The last member of the Florence family was a canon named Gregorio Bonaparte, who died in 1803, leaving Napoleon as heir. [5] A Buonaparte tomb lies in the Church of San Francesco in San Miniato. A second tomb, the Chapelle Impériale, was built by Napoleon III in Ajaccio 1857.
Napoleon III: Emperor of the French: 20 April 1808 2 December 1852 4 September 1870 Abdicated: ... List of the last monarchs in Europe. 3 languages ...
The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative Assembly, and the third being the Directory.
The First French Empire [4] [a] or French Empire (French: Empire français; Latin: Imperium Francicum), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
The British were increasingly angered by Napoleon's reordering of the international system in Western Europe, especially in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Kagan argues that Britain was especially alarmed by Napoleon's assertion of control over Switzerland.
Allegedly, Napoleon’s last words upon his own death in 1821 were—when translated into English—“France, the Army, the Head of the Army, Josephine."
In accordance with Napoleon's wishes, his body was opened on May 6, 1821, at 2 p.m. by François Antommarchi (an experienced prosector), assisted by seven British physicians, in order to ascertain the physical cause of his illness and to take advantage of this document in the event of his son being attacked by some ailment offering analogies with the illness that was about to take him: for ...