News
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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Distinctions
By decree of 15 January 2025, Éric Anceau, historian and university lecturer in the political and social history of contemporary France and Europe, member of the Jury for the Prix et Bourses de la Fondation Napoléon, and Peter Hicks, historian and head of international affairs at the Fondation Napoléon, were made “Chevaliers de l’Ordre national […]
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Patronage granted by the Fondation Napoléon in 2024
In 2024, the Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon granted the following patronage awards: – funding for a cultural project entitled Musiques, danses et théâtre sous la Révolution et l’Empire [‘Music, dance and theatre during the Revolution and Empire’], at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Intercommunal in Kremlin-Bicêtre – aid to finance the restoration of […]
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Collaboration between the Fondation Napoléon and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca: Élisa Bonaparte’s letters to go online at Napoleonica les archives
On 17 December 2024, a partnership was signed by the President of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Marcello Bertocchini, and the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, concerning the collaboration in making available online on the website Napoleonica les archives of a corpus of 233 letters from Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, […]
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Obituary > Prince Gabriel de Broglie (1931-2025)
We were saddened to learn of the death of Prince Gabriel de Broglie, a senior civil servant, member of the Académie française and the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Chancellor and then Honorary Chancellor of the Institut de France. He was a member of the jury for the History Prizes and grants awarded by […]
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New Year’s message from Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, president of the Fondation Napoléon
2025, onwards and upwards! You might have thought that after the bicentenary in 2021, activity in the Napoleonic world would slow down. That was true in 2022. Less true in 2023. Not true at all in 2024. And 2025 will be no different: both Napoleons are still a source of interest, if not of passion. […]
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