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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.
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.
The appeal that the Fondation Napoléon launched in November 2022 (link in French) generated great interest. As of 29 February 2023, 512 donations were registered for a total of 166 250 €. These funds have already provided tangible support for young people learning about the Napoleonic period. First projects supported in 2023 : In accordance with our commitments […]
26 920. This is the number of letters from Napoleon that the Fondation Napoléon’s archive website, Napoleonica les archives, now hosts as of 28 June 2023. The most recently-uploaded items, covering the period from 1805 to March 1811, are taken from volumes 5 to 10 of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte, [General Correspondence of Napoleon […]
In mid-June 2023, a partnership agreement was signed between the Museo Glauco Lombardi and the Fondation Napoléon for the online publication of the correspondence of Marie-Louise, second wife of Napoleon I who became Duchess of Parma after the fall of the Empire. These letters will become part of the Fondation Napoléon’s digital archive site: Napoleonica® […]
Our next conference (held in memory of historian and writer Jacques Jourquin) will be about the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène [Memorial of St Helena] by Emmanuel de Las Cases. It will take place on 15 and 16 November 2023 at the Auditorium André et Liliane Bettencourt, at the Institut de France. This conference is organised in partnership with […]
This third issue of Napoleonica the journal, entitled The origins of the Napoleonic State, considers the Consulate along these lines, first, through the lens of the extraordinary man himself. Read more The journal is free to read online and to download AND printable on demand for a small fee. Here’s what you’ll find inside this issue: • Editorial, Peter Hicks • Considerations […]