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    • Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He wa… See more

    Napoleon's Epic Rise and Fall
    Napoleon's Epic Rise and Fall
    He was a brilliant military leader, a visionary reformer, and a ruthless conqueror. He rose from obscurity to become the most powerful man in Europe. He is Napoleon Bonaparte.
    Early life

    Napoleon's family was of Italian origin. His paternal ancestors, the Buonapartes, descended from a minor Tuscan noble family who emigrated to Corsica in the 16th century and his maternal ancestors, the Ramolinos… See more

    BornNapoleone Buonaparte · 15 August 1769 · Ajaccio, Corsica, France
    Died5 May 1821 (aged 51) · Longwood, Saint Helena
    SpousesJoséphine de Beauharnais · (m. 1796; ann. · 1810) · Marie Louise of Austria · (m. · 1810; sep. 1814)
    Burial15 December 1840 · Les Invalides, Paris
    Early career

    Upon graduating in September 1785, Bonaparte was commissioned a second lieutenant in La Fère artillery regiment. He served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, but spent lo… See more

    Ruler of France

    Unknown to Bonaparte, the Directory had sent him orders to return from Egypt with his army to ward off a possible invasion of France, but these messages never arrived. By the time that he reached Paris in October, Fr… See more

    Exile on Saint Helena

    Napoleon was held in British custody and transferred to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,870 km (1,010 nmi) from the west coast of Africa. Napoleon and 27 followers arrived at Jamestown, Saint Helena, in … See more

    Religion

    Napoleon was baptized in Ajaccio on 21 July 1771, and raised a Roman Catholic. He began to question his faith at age 13 while at Brienne. Biographers have variously described him from that time as a deist, a follower of … See more

    Personality

    Pieter Geyl wrote in 1947, "It is impossible that two historians, especially two historians living in different periods, should see any historical personality in the same light." There is no dispute that Napoleon was ambitious, … See more

    Appearance and image

    In his youth, Bonaparte was consistently described as small and thin. Johann Ludwig Wurstemberger, who accompanied him in 1797 and 1798, noted that "Bonaparte was rather slight and emaciated-looking; his face, too, w… See more

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