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Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

Original Name
Napoleone Buonaparte
Birth
Ajaccio, Département de la Corse-du-Sud, Corse, France
Death
5 May 1821 (aged 51)
Longwood, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Burial
Paris, Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France
Plot
Dôme des Invalides
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French Emperor. He ruled France as Emperor Napoleon I from May 1804 to April 1814 and again briefly from March 1815 to June 1815.


Napoleon's remains were transferred to Paris in 1840 and placed in the special tomb of the Invalides in 1861. The original burial site remains as a historical marker and cenotaph.


For family links, see the memorial page for Napoléon Bonaparte at the Invalides.

French Emperor. He ruled France as Emperor Napoleon I from May 1804 to April 1814 and again briefly from March 1815 to June 1815.


Napoleon's remains were transferred to Paris in 1840 and placed in the special tomb of the Invalides in 1861. The original burial site remains as a historical marker and cenotaph.


For family links, see the memorial page for Napoléon Bonaparte at the Invalides.

Gravesite Details

Napoleon's sarcophagus is placed on a green granite pedestal and contains five coffins nested inside: one made of soft iron, one made of mahogany, two made of lead, and one made of ebony.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 25 Apr 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1350/napol%C3%A9on-bonaparte: accessed ), memorial page for Napoléon Bonaparte (15 Aug 1769–5 May 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1350, citing Les Invalides, Paris, Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.