Napoleon – Page 2 – French Travel Boutique

Marie-Louise’ magnificent bed at Compiegne has the baldequin held by cherubs (the theme of the décor is abundance and fertility)

Josephine was a widow with two children when she married Napoleon. He was keen to have an heir but initially

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