Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

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Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign. The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the ...

The name also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815. Napoleon himself ...