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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 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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The Fondation Napoléon has aquired ten lots at auction, souvenirs of the Second Empire from the Serena collection
To strengthen its Second Empire collection, the Fondation Napoléon has chosen to acquire a number of works at the auction of the Serena collection, which took place on 21 and 22 September 2024, organised by the Osenat auction house. These include a rare bust of Emperor Napoleon III by the sculptor Jean-Auguste Barre and an […]
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Obituary > Claude-Napoléon, Baron de Méneval (1933-2024)
We have received news of the death, in his 92nd year, of Claude-Napoléon de Méneval. He was a descendant of Napoleon I’s secretary (later Marie-Louise’s), a man of great learning, inspired by a gentle but tenacious determination. He was a major player in the Napoleonic world for several decades: member and even president of the […]
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Napoleonica the journal n°6 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 “True Colours”. Why did Napoleon tell some English visitors to Elba that he had converted to Islam? Why was Kléber’s victory at Heliopolis ‘painted over’? Did […]
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