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Alternative Titles: Le Corse, Le Petit Caporal, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleone Buonaparte, the Corsican, the Little Corporal
Napoleon I, French in full Napoléon Bonaparte, original Italian Napoleone Buonaparte, byname the Corsican or the Little Corporal, French byname Le Corse or Le Petit Caporal, (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island), French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West. He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy.
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Napoleon I
emperor of France
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Jacques Godechot
Former Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Dean, Faculty of Letters, University of Toulouse II, France. Author of Les Révolutions, 1770–1799; Napoléon; and others.
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Alternative Titles: Le Corse, Le Petit Caporal, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleone Buonaparte, the Corsican, the Little Corporal
Napoleon I, French in full Napoléon Bonaparte, original Italian Napoleone Buonaparte, byname the Corsican or the Little Corporal, French byname Le Corse or Le Petit Caporal, (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island), French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West. He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy.
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Napoleon I
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BORN
August 15, 1769
Ajaccio, France
DIED
May 5, 1821 (aged 51)
Saint Helena
TITLE / OFFICE
Emperor, France (1815-1815)
Emperor, France (1804-1814)
POLITICAL AFFILIATION
Jacobin Club
ROLE IN
Napoleonic Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
Battle Of Waterloo
French Revolution
Battle Of The Pyramids
Peninsular War
Battle Of Marengo
Siege Of Toulon
Battle Of Jena
Siege Of Acre
FOUNDER OF
Saint-Cyr
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 Jérôme Bonaparte
Brother Lucien Bonaparte
Brother Louis Bonaparte
Brother Joseph Bonaparte