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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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President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1926-2020) and the Napoleonic world
Here is not the place to recite the political career of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (link in French). That has been done abundantly by the printed and digital press in France and elsewhere. We would simply like to highlight a few of the, sometimes surprising, links he had with the Napoleonic world. In fact, Valéry […]
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Fondation Napoléon > Napoleonica® Les Archives: A new version of the website napoleonica.org
In celebration of its twentieth birthday, the Napoleonica® Les Archives project, launched in 2000, now has a brand-new website design, created with the company, Logilab. The website napoleonica.org makes available original First and Second Empire archival material as part of partnership agreements between the Fondation Napoléon (in the role of distributer) and the holders of […]
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Grant for a publication > “Joseph-Marie Portalis. Diplomate, magistrat et législateur”
Joseph-Marie Portalis (son of the famous Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, who co-authored the Napoleonic Code) was a leading historical figure. With no less than eight political oaths to his name (in the same league as Talleyrand or Fouché), Portalis’s life spanned a period of great social, economic, technological, political and legal upheavals both in France and Europe, from […]
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Obituary > Yves Vander Cruysen (1963-2020)
Our friend Yves Vander Cruysen died last Tuesday, a victim of Covid-19, after five weeks in hospital. For more than thirty years he had been one of the leaders of the political and cultural life of the Commune of Waterloo and its region, of which he was one of the main elected representatives. His achievements […]
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Winners of the Fondation Napoléon 2020 History Prizes and Study grants
The Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon having validated on 11 December 2019 the modification of the History Prize regulations, two Prizes are now awarded, namely a Grand Prix (5,000 euros) and a Jury Prize (3,500 euros). Each year, up to eight study grants, each worth 7,500 euros, are awarded to PhD students preparing a thesis […]
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