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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.
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Collaboration between the Fondation Napoléon and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca: Élisa Bonaparte’s letters to go online at Napoleonica les archives
On 17 December 2024, a partnership was signed by the President of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Marcello Bertocchini, and the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, concerning the collaboration in making available online on the website Napoleonica les archives of a corpus of 233 letters from Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, […]
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Obituary > Prince Gabriel de Broglie (1931-2025)
We were saddened to learn of the death of Prince Gabriel de Broglie, a senior civil servant, member of the Académie française and the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Chancellor and then Honorary Chancellor of the Institut de France. He was a member of the jury for the History Prizes and grants awarded by […]
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Napoleonica the journal n°7 is out now!
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 […]
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The Fondation Napoléon 2024 History Prizes and Study grant awards ceremony
The 45th award ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon History Prizes, created in 1978, and the 33rd award ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon Ph.D. Grants, created in 1993, was held on Thursday 11 December 2024. The prizes were not awarded in 1981 and 1994. At this ceremony were therefore awarded the 104th and 105th History Prizes. […]
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Fondation Napoléon Collection > ‘The Emperor’s coronation’, an exhibition at the “Musée d’histoire locale” of the town of Rueil-Malmaison (Paris region)
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 – […]
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