NAPOLEON’S RISE TO POWER Since 1792, France’s revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with many nations. In 1796, Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the armies of Austria, one of his country’s primary rivals, in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, resulting in territorial gains for the French. The Directory, the five-person group that had governed France since 1795, allowed to let Napoleon lead an invasion of England. He determined that France’s naval forces were not yet ready to go up against the superior British Royal Navy. But, he proposed an invasion of Egypt in an effort to wipe out British trade routes with India. His troops scored a victory against Egypt’s military rulers, however, his forces were stranded after his naval fleet was nearly decimated by the British at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. In 1799, his army in vended Ottoman-ruled Syria,
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Two years later, in 1804, he crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. He crowned himself because it wasn’t the pope that crowned him he graded the crown and put it on his head
Napoleon’s marriages and children In 1796, Napoleon married his first wife Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), a stylish widow six years his senior who had two teenage children. In 1809, because he had no offspring of his own with her, he had their marriage cancelled so he could find a new wife and produce an heir. In 1810, he wed Marie Louise (1791-1847), his second wife the daughter of the emperor of Austria. She gave birth to their son, Napoleon François Bonaparte (1811-1832), who became known as Napoleon II and was given the title king of Rome. In addition to that, Napoleon had several illegitimate children.
The reign of napoleon I From 1803 to 1815, France was engaged in the
Two years later, in 1804, he crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. He crowned himself because it wasn’t the pope that crowned him he graded the crown and put it on his head
Napoleon’s marriages and children In 1796, Napoleon married his first wife Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), a stylish widow six years his senior who had two teenage children. In 1809, because he had no offspring of his own with her, he had their marriage cancelled so he could find a new wife and produce an heir. In 1810, he wed Marie Louise (1791-1847), his second wife the daughter of the emperor of Austria. She gave birth to their son, Napoleon François Bonaparte (1811-1832), who became known as Napoleon II and was given the title king of Rome. In addition to that, Napoleon had several illegitimate children.
The reign of napoleon I From 1803 to 1815, France was engaged in the