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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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Nomination : Marie-Christine Labourdette appointed head of the Etablissement public du château de Fontainebleau
Marie-Christine Labourdette, who had been President of the Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine since 2018, was officially appointed on 17 February 2021 to head the Établissement public du château de Fontainebleau, replacing Jean-François Hébert. She took up her post on 8 March. Her mission will be to continue the development of the Château de […]
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2021 Année Napoléon > Tribute to the Napoleonic soldiers who fought for the independence of Chile and Argentina
The annual ceremony commemorating the independence of Chile and Argentina on 4 February pays a special tribute, in this bicentenary year of Napoleon’s death, to the former soldiers of the Grande Armée who fought for these independences after the fall of the Empire. → Find out more about the events organised by the Bicentenary Chile-France […]
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Target reached (and surpassed) for the international appeal for the restoration of the Tomb of Napoleon and the Napoleonic monuments of the Invalides
In view of the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I, on 5 May 2021, the Musée de l’Armée and the Fondation Napoléon joined forces to launch an international appeal to restore the places at the Invalides dedicated not only to the memory of the Emperor Napoleon but also to that of his brothers Joseph […]
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Fondation Napoléon > New members and re-nominations to the Board of Directors
General Robert Bresse and Count Nicolas Walewski have been reappointed for a further six-year term to the Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoleon (by a postal vote on Monday 11 January 2021), among other qualified personalities. In addition, the Souvenir Napoléonien has appointed three new representatives as members of the aforementioned board, namely: – Marina […]
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Obituary > Susan Conner (1947-2020)
We are very sad to announce that Dr Susan Conner, scholar of Napoleon and friend of the Fondation Napoléon, died of throat cancer on 28 November 2020. She was born and reared in Madison, Wisconsin until 1959. Graduating from Armstrong State College (Georgia), magna cum laude, in 1969, she began her master’s and doctoral studies in […]
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