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 Napoléon Bonaparte

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Napoléon Bonaparte Famous memorial Veteran

Original Name
Napoléon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte
Birth
Ajaccio, Departement de la Corse-du-Sud, Corse, France
Death
5 May 1821 (aged 51)
Longwood, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Plot
L'eglise du Dôme
Memorial ID
1350 View Source

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 casket is just over 16 feet high, just under 15 feet wide, and consists of 6 coffins in total. The inner most coffin is made from tin, with the next after that being made from mahogany, followed by 2 coffins of lead, then one of Ebony, a


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 25 Apr 1998
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1350
  • 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.