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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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The Cercle d’études > Winter talks programme 2022
The Fondation Napoléon will host the following free talks (in French) from January to March 2022 as part of its Cercle d’études: Tuesday, 18 January 2022, at 6 pm, “An assessment of the bicentenary”, by Arthur Chevallier; Tuesday, 25 January 2022, at 6 pm, “Antonin Carême, the first chef”, by Marie-Pierre Rey; Tuesday, 1 February […]
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Fondation Napoléon Prize-giving ceremony (2020 and 2021 winners)
On Wednesday 8 December 2021, at the Mobilier National [French National Furniture Repository], Paris, the 2021 Study-Grant– and History-Prize-winners received their awards in the presence of the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, the Director of the Fondation Napoléon, Thierry Lentz, the Secretary General of the Prizes-and-grants jury, Laurent Theis, and the Director of the Mobilier National, […]
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Tribute to General Gudin at the Hôtel National des Invalides, 2 December 2021
On Thursday 2 December 2021 at 11am, General Gudin (César-Charles-Etienne, comte GUDIN DE LA SABLONNIÈRE (1768-1812), division general) was given military funeral honours at the Hôtel National des Invalides in Paris in the presence of Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister Delegate to the French Minister of the Armed Forces, in charge of Remembrance and Veterans. Gudin was buried […]
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Obituary > Jacques Jourquin (1935-2021)
Writer, historian, publisher, entrepreneur and driving force within the Napoleonic world for half a century, Jacques Jourquin died on November 14th. His youthful looks (before his illness) belied his 86 years, and indeed given his tireless activity he could easily have been mistaken for someone in his mid-sixties…. It is difficult to summarise his career, […]
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Obituary > Donald D. Horward (1933-2021)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of the American historian and Chevallier de la Légion d’Honneur, Donald D. Horward. Don was a wide-ranging scholar of Napoleon and the French Revolution with a particular passion for the great French Marshal André Masséna – indeed he even founded a Masséna Society. His […]
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