Title
Historical Document - Reign of Napoleon I of France - 1806 - First French Empire
Type
Historical handwritten document dated June 25th, 1806 and Portrait of Napoleon I of France, an original steel engraving drawn by Sandoz
Description
Legal document handwritten on laid paper with watermark during the first french empire, a few months after the crowning of Napoleon Bonaparte emperor of French (12/1804). Signed by a Notary and dated June 25th, 1806. Bears a Wax Seal, a stamp with the coat of arms of the first french republic and a stamp dry
This historical document is composed of these 2 documents mounted under passepartout :
Ancient Document
Reign of Napoleon I of France - First French Empire
Type
Historical handwritten document dated June 25th, 1806
Illustrated document
Portrait of Napoleon
Type
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who became notorious as an artillery commander during the French Revolution. He was born in Ajaccio on August 15, 1769. After studying at the Royal Military School of Brienne-le-Château, he joined the School of Gentleman Cadets of the Military School of Paris.
The French Directory eventually gave him command of the Army of Italy after he suppressed the 13 Vendémiaire revolt against the government by royalist insurgents. In 1798, he led a military expedition to Egypt that served as a springboard to political power. He orchestrated a coup in November 1799 and became First Consul of the Republic.
On 18 May 1804, Napoleon was granted the title Emperor of the French by the French Sénat and was crowned on 2 December 1804, signifying the end of the French Consulate and of the French First Republic.
He led many successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars and was Emperor of the French as Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of Waterloo is the last in which Napoleon personally took part, who had just regained power in France three months earlier, and thus marks the end of this Hundred Days period. Napoleon had to abdicate four days later on his return to Paris, on June 22, in the face of a lack of political support.
The first abdication of Napoleon I is a moment in the History of France which sees the Emperor of the French forced, in April 1814, to leave power following his military defeat after the campaign in France and the Allied invasion; he was deposed by the Senate on April 3 and exiled to Elba Island, according to the Treaty of Fontainebleau signed on April 11, retaining the title of Emperor but reigning only on this small island.
Separated from his wife and son, who had returned to Austria, Napoleon escaped from Elba, on 26 February 1815. Napoleon arrived in Paris on 20 March and governed for a period now called the Hundred Days.
Napoleon returned to Paris and found that both the legislature and the people had turned against him. Realizing his position was untenable, he abdicated on 22 June in favour of his son. apoleon returned to Paris and found that both the legislature and the people had turned against him. Realizing his position was untenable, he abdicated on 22 June in favour of his son.
The Coalition forces swept through France with the stated intent of restoring Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland, officer of the Royal Navy, on 15 July 1815, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars.
The British kept Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
In February 1821, Napoleon's health began to deteriorate rapidly. He died on 5 May 1821.
In 1840, Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British to return Napoleon's remains to France. On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held.
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