Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army ...

A new report reveals that 10 Napoleonic soldiers attacked by Spanish guerrillas were not sent to prison, as previously believed, but killed ...

Napoleon split from his wife in 1809 when she could not provide him a male heir. He then married Marie Louise, daughter of the Emperor of Austria.

Sotheby’s Paris to Auction an Intimate Inventory of Napoleon’s Reign With battle relics, love letters and one very famous bicorne hat, Pierre-Jean Chalençon's one-of-a-kind trove of ...

A handwritten letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold in April for 26,360 euros. Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at Austerlitz three years before. Archduke Charles led an invasion of ...

This weekend, a hand-written letter by Napoleon denying his involvement in the 1809 abduction of Pope Pius VII is also set to be auctioned near Paris, with an expected price of €12,000 to €15,000.

This photograph shows a letter dated July 23, 1809, concerning the arrest of Pope Pius VII, written by Napoleon I and signed “Napole”, displayed at the Osenat auction house offices in Paris.

Napoleon memorabilia regularly comes up for sale at auction in France in a flourishing trade marked by intense interest from collectors. Two pistols that he once intended to use to kill himself were ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend outside Paris and is expected to reach 12,000 to 15,000 euros.

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend outside Paris and is expected to reach €12,000 to €15,000.