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| Napoleon I | |||||
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 Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David, 1812 | |||||
| Emperor of the French | |||||
| 18 May 1804 – 11 April 1814 20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815 | |||||
| 2 December 1804 | |||||
| Predecessor | French Consulate Himself as First Consul of the French First Republic.Previous ruling monarch was Louis XVI as King of the French (1791–1792) | ||||
| Successor | Louis XVIII (de jure in 1814; as legitimate monarch in 1815) Napoleon II (according to his father's will of 1815) | ||||
| King of Italy | |||||
| 17 March 1805 – 11 April 1814 | |||||
| Coronation | 26 May 1805 | ||||
| Predecessor | Himself as President of the Italian Republic Previous ruling monarch was Emperor Charles V, crowned in Bologna in 1530 | ||||
| Successor | Kingdom disbanded Next monarch crowned in Milan was Emperor Ferdinand I, next king of Italy was Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy | ||||
| Born | 15 August 1769 Ajaccio, Corsica | ||||
| Died | 5 May 1821 (aged 51) Longwood, Saint Helena, British Empire | ||||
| Burial | Les Invalides, Paris | ||||
| Spouse | Joséphine de Beauharnais Marie Louise of Austria | ||||
| Issue | Napoleon II of France | ||||
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| House | House of Bonaparte | ||||
| Father | Carlo Buonaparte | ||||
| Mother | Letizia Ramolino | ||||
Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte) was a French politician and army leader who ruled France from 1799 to 1814 and for a short period (the "Hundred Days") in 1815. He became Emperor of the French and King of Italy as Napoleon I. He had power over most of Europe at the height of his power, and his actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century.
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