Napoleon’s Beds

Letizia Bonaparte When he became Emperor in 1804 Napoleon decided to give the Grand Trianon to his mother. Furniture was

The year he became Emperor Napoleon had decided to re-establish all the former royal chateaux as imperial palaces. General Duroc*

Three years after starting restoration of the Chateau of Fontainebleau, Napoleon ordered work to start on another former royal residence

Fontainebleau was the only royal residence to have been continuously used for seven centuries. During the French Revolution it became

Napoleon’s original bed from the Tuileries is now displayed in the Empress’ bedchamber in the Grand Trianon at Versailles. In

Napoleon’s original camp bed and equipment displayed at Les Invalides. Napoleon was a military man with simple tastes, probably most

Initially at Malmaison Napoleon slept in Josephine’s bed but later had a bedroom installed above his office and council chamber.

2021 was the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death in exile on Saint Helena. When I initially took an interest in travel