Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary's life was a true fairytale - from Napoleon's fiancée to Queen of Sweden and Norway.

Some 100 Napoleon artifacts from the Chalençon collection are headed to the auction block at Sotheby's Paris in June.

The collection, amassed over 40 years, comes from the trove of avid Napoleon collector and socialite Pierre-Jean Chalençon ...

Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

Although in The Communist Manifesto Marx wrote of an ongoing dissolution of nationalities within a cosmopolitan world economy ...

The sword has been in the emperor’s close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of his last defeat at ...

In recent years, several of Napoleon's possessions have fetched high prices at auctions. In July of the previous year, two ...

The piece, which Napoleon ordered in 1802 and kept throughout his reign, was sold for 4.66 million euros ($5.27 million) late ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...

Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap ...

We take a look at the top military leaders of all time, whose leadership and tactics have left an indelible impact on history ...

The younger sister of Napoleon, Pauline Bonaparte was known for her beauty and was never shy about showing off her "natural ...