Napoleonic Era

Former King of Spain

Joseph Bonaparte

France 7 January 1768 – 28 July 1844

In 1814: Lieutenant-General of the Empire in Paris

Napoleon’s elder brother was left to govern Paris and guard the Empress and the King of Rome. On 29 March he advised the regency to leave the city. On 30 March he authorised Marmont and Mortier to negotiate, and then he left as well.

On the timeline

  1. Rising in Madrid
  2. Napoleon leaves Paris for the front
  3. The Empress leaves Paris
  4. Battle of Paris

In the writing of the time

Sources

  1. Wikidata (dates of birth and death, portrait identifiers)
  2. F. Loraine Petre, Napoleon at Bay, 1814 (London: John Lane, 1914) · Public domain. The main source for strengths, losses and movements on this site.
  3. Images: Wikimedia Commons. The licence for each image is checked at build time and linked from its caption.

Wikidata record Q7726 · All people