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The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
The latest issue of Napoleonica the journal is now available on Cairn, free to consult, download or you can buy a print copy for 7 €. The theme of this issue is “Counting the dead in Napoleonic campaigns: a complex problem?”. The Napoleonica La Revue study day in October 2022 was an opportunity to initiate a process of research and […]
To celebrate the 220th anniversary of the “Sacre”, the local history museum in Rueil-Malmaison (92) will be presenting works exclusively from the collection of the Fondation Napoléon, from 19 October 2024 to 25 January 2025. Works on loan from the Fondation Napoléon : – Allegorical drawing to the glory of H.M. the Emperor – […]
To strengthen its Second Empire collection, the Fondation Napoléon has chosen to acquire a number of works at the auction of the Serena collection, which took place on 21 and 22 September 2024, organised by the Osenat auction house. These include a rare bust of Emperor Napoleon III by the sculptor Jean-Auguste Barre and an […]
We have received news of the death, in his 92nd year, of Claude-Napoléon de Méneval. He was a descendant of Napoleon I’s secretary (later Marie-Louise’s), a man of great learning, inspired by a gentle but tenacious determination. He was a major player in the Napoleonic world for several decades: member and even president of the […]
The latest issue of Napoleonica the journal is now available on Cairn, free to consult, download or you can buy a print copy for 7 €. The theme of this issue is “True Colours”. Why did Napoleon tell some English visitors to Elba that he had converted to Islam? Why was Kléber’s victory at Heliopolis ‘painted over’? Did […]