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    French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

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  2. 5 days ago · Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–99), served as first consul of France (1799–1804), and was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15). Today Napoleon is widely considered one of the greatest military generals in history.

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  3. 5 days ago · Joséphine (born June 23, 1763, Trois-Îlets, Martinique—died May 29, 1814, Malmaison, France) was the consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French. Joséphine, the eldest daughter of Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie, an impoverished aristocrat who had a commission in the navy, lived the first 15 years of her life on the island of ...

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  4. 5 days ago · May 25, 2024. Napoleon Bonaparte, the brilliant military commander who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century, met an inglorious end – not on the battlefield, but in lonely exile on the remote island of Saint Helena. The story of Napoleon‘s two exiles and his untimely death at age 51 is a sad final chapter in the life of one of ...

  5. 1 day ago · The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized: Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the ...

  6. May 17, 2024 · Lucien Bonaparte (born May 21, 1775, Ajaccio, Corsica—died June 29, 1840, Viterbo, Italy) was Napoleon I’s second surviving brother who, as president of the Council of Five Hundred at Saint-Cloud, was responsible for Napoleon’s election as consul on 19 Brumaire (Nov. 10, 1799).

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  7. May 7, 2024 · Napoleon Bonaparte was the first emperor of France and one of the world's most significant military leaders, but at a price. He conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century, enjoying many...

  8. May 13, 2024 · A series of conflicts between France (under Napoleon Bonaparte) and various other nations from the late 1790s until 1815.

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