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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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Fondation Napoléon, partner of the association “Amis de l’Hôtel de Brienne” (Friends of the Hôtel de Brienne)
The Association des Amis de l’Hôtel de Brienne [Friends of the Hôtel de Brienne], chaired by Jean-Yves Le Drian (formerly French Minister of Defence and currently Minister of Foreign Affairs), is a non-profit whose aim is to preserve and enhance this important place, the Hôtel de Brienne, an 18th-century townhouse in Paris’s 7th arrondissement which was […]
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Obituary > Dr Jacques Palombo (1939-2021)
On 16 September, Dr Jacques Palombo, a trustee of the Fondation Napoléon, suddenly passed away. As a long-time activist in the associative world, he had been a member of the Board of Trustees and the Standing Committee of the Souvenir Napoléonien for some fifteen years. They appointed him as one of its representatives on the […]
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Obituary > Dr Lemaire (1930-2021)
Jean-François Lemaire died on 3 September at the age of 92. This student and friend of Jean Tulard was a medical doctor and had a Phd in history. In addition to his activities as a medical expert, he lectured on medicine in the 19th century at the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes from 1989 to 2001. He […]
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Publishing grant> “Un palais pour l’Empereur, Napoléon Ier à Fontainebleau” (exhibition catalogue)
The Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon has granted a subsidy for the publication of the catalogue of the exhibition “Un palais pour l’Empereur, Napoléon I à Fontainebleau”, which runs from 15 September 2021 to 3 January 2022. The exhibition and its catalogue bear the label “2021 Année Napoléon” organised by the Fondation Napoléon […]
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Obituary >Thierry Choffat (1968-2021)
We were saddened to learn of the death of Thierry Choffat on 7 September at the age of 53. He was a lecturer in social law at the University of Lorraine, but also one of the best specialists in the history of Bonapartism after Sedan and had published numerous articles and books, including Les Francs-Comtois […]
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