Napoleon
Napoleon – Four stages Carlo Buonaparte Napoleon was born in Corsica three months after it officially becoming part of France.
Marie-Louise
Marie-Louise’ magnificent bed at Compiegne has the baldequin held by cherubs (the theme of the décor is abundance and fertility)
Roi de Rome
Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon. He was keen to have an heir but initially
Grand Trianon
Letizia Bonaparte When he became Emperor in 1804 Napoleon decided to give the Grand Trianon to his mother. Furniture was
Napoleon and Versailles
The year he became Emperor Napoleon had decided to re-establish all the former royal chateaux as imperial palaces. General Duroc*
