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Napoléon Bonaparte

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Napoléon Bonaparte Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Ajaccio, Departement de la Corse-du-Sud, Corse, France
Death
5 May 1821 (aged 51)
Longwood, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tr
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France GPS-Latitude: 48.8550644, Longitude: 2.3125131
Plot
Dôme des Invalides
Memorial ID
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French Emperor. He ruled France as Emperor Napoleon I from May 1804 to April 1814 and again briefly from March 1815 to June 1815.

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View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.

View cenotaph HERE.
French Emperor. He ruled France as Emperor Napoleon I from May 1804 to April 1814 and again briefly from March 1815 to June 1815.

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View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.

View cenotaph HERE.

Gravesite Details

Napoleon's sarcophagus is placed on a green granite pedestal and contains five coffins nested inside: one made of soft iron, one made of mahogany, two made of lead, and one made of ebony.



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1350/napol%C3%A9on-bonaparte: accessed ), memorial page for Napoléon Bonaparte (15 Aug 1769–5 May 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1350, citing Les Invalides, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.