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Napoleon I of France
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Gabriela Morales on 23 Jan 10Napoleon was a french military leader. He became Emperor of France. He would not let anybody crown him. So he asked the Pope from Rome to crown him. He was happy to. He was carrying the golden crown. Then when he was about to put it on him he takes it out of his hands and puts it on himself. He said to him , " You are worthy enough to carry my crown but the only person that can crown me is me." When he went to battle he would be out numbered and still win. For example, he was surrounded 3 to 1. Most leaders would just try to survive but he would kill them one by one. One time he was captured but when a leader surrenders they can't kill him. They put him on an island. He stayed there for 2 years. Then he went back to France. The countries were terrified their like, " Oh my God he's back!" He was a threat to all of them.
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Alberto Torres on 24 Jan 10he crowned himself as emperor so no one was higher tham him even. the pope wasn't higher them. he had conquered egypt. he was the emperor of france after france became a republic.
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devine martin on 25 Jan 10he crowned himself so noone had more power then him
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jonathan perez on 25 Jan 10napoleon was a french military general and he never loses when he goes to war. he crowned himself as emperor because he said that no one was higher than him.
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yordanka raymond on 01 Feb 10He was a french military leader who never lost a war. He thought he was the most poweful man in the world. He didnt want no one else to crown him but him self. He went to Rome so the pope could crown him. But just when the pope was going to put the crown on him he took it from the pope and put it on his own head. Everyone was surprised and couldnt believe it. Napoleon wanted to show that no one is more powerful than him.
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He was initially named Napoleone di Buonaparte, acquiring his first name from an uncle who had been killed fighting the French,[
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He was a FIRST CLASS ASSHOLE.
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"Napoleon I of France"
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Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte French pronunciation: [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt], Italian: Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him Emperor. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts-the Napoleonic Wars-involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he escaped Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Napoleon spent the last six years of his life under British supervision on the island of Saint Helena. An autopsy concluded he died of stomach cancer, though Sten Forshufvud and other scientists have since conjectured that he was poisoned with arsenic. Napoleon's campaigns are studied at military academies the world over. While considered a tyrant by his opponents, he is also remembered