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September 26, 2012 by Max Distro LLC

Napoleon at Versailles

The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame by Jacques-Louis David 1806. Palace of Versailles

The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame by Jacques-Louis David 1806. Palace of Versailles

Napoleon Bonaparte is a larger than life figure. In life he aspired to recombine the empire of Charlemagne, something a long line of French kings failed to do. He struck a chord with the French people, in death they enshrined him, as he asked, on the bank of the Seine in a larger than life casket wrapped in the sumptuous Dôme des Invalides. Napoleon left his mark everywhere in France and appropriately in the Château de Versailles. While Napoléon did not reside in the château, apartments were, however, arranged and decorated for the use of the empress Marie-Louise. The emperor chose to reside at the Grand Trianon.

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Filed Under: France, Painting, Versailles Tagged With: French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Baptiste Kléber, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, La Bataille d'Austerlitz, Napoleon I, Napoleonic Wars, Versailles

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