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Was Napoleon's family rich or poor?
The Bonaparte household was kept afloat by Charles's regular income (7,000 livres a year), the profits from his business ventures, and a financial helping hand from rich uncle Archdeacon Lucien.Living members

There are no other legitimate descendants in the male line from Napoleon I or from his brothers. There are, however, numerous descendants of Napoleon's illegitimate, unacknowledged son, Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810–1868), born from Napoleon I's union with Marie, Countess Walewski.Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769 and baptised on 21 July 1771. In 1774, aged five years old, Napoleon entered the primary boarding school run by Beguine lay sisters in Ajaccio, as a day-boy . Two years later he studied French under Abbé Recco (who received 20,000 Francs in Napoleon's will).

What language did Napoleon speak as a child : In January 1779, at age 9, Napoleon moved to the French mainland and enrolled at a religious school in Autun to improve his French (his mother tongue was the Corsican dialect of Italian). Although he eventually became fluent in French, he spoke with a Corsican accent and his French spelling was poor.

How rich was Napoleon

It was an optimistic assessment. Joseph's fortune at the time was more likely to have been between 8 and 10 million. But even on that basis Joseph still clearly had a lot more than Napoleon, who was worth less than 5 million.

What did Napoleon sell for $15 million : Napoleon decided to give up his plans for Louisiana, and offered a surprised Monroe and Livingston the entire territory of Louisiana for $15 million. Although this far exceeded their instructions from President Jefferson, they agreed. When news of the sale reached the United States, the West was elated.

Joseph, their third child and the first to survive, was born in 1768, Napoleon in 1769, and nine other children, six of whom survived, in subsequent years: Lucien (1775); Élisa (1777); Louis (1778); Pauline (1780); Caroline (1782); and Jérôme (1784).

five foot two

Napoleon was often described as being short in stature. In actual fact, the height of five foot two recorded on his death was in French units, which were equivalent in today's measurement to five foot, six and a half inches or 169 centimetres – an average height.

What were Napoleon’s last words

His last words were 'France, the Army, the Head of the Army, Josephine'. Napoleon's body was returned to France and in 1840 was interred in Les Invalides along with the bodies of his brothers and son.At the time of his death, the French might have recorded his height in French inches, which were a little longer than English inches. They put him at five-foot-two, but this was probably more like 5 feet and 6.5 inches, a perfectly normal height for a man of his time.145
Estimated IQs of 301 Geniuses of the 15th – 19th Centuries by Catharine Morris Cox, PhD

Name Dates Corrected Est. IQ*
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 145
Newton, Isaac 1642-1727 190
Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662 195
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 155


Weigley regards Napoleon as the most proficient strategist since Gustavus Adolphus in achieving this masterstroke and the battle of Austerlitz as its crowning achievement during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic epochs.

How much gold did Napoleon have : There have been persistent rumours for over 200 years that Napoleon's defeated Grande Armée made off with 80 tonnes of gold and other valuables that his soldiers had looted in Moscow, and buried it en route back to France when the going got too tough.

Was Napoleon’s family Italian : Napoleon's family was more Italian than French.

Like many Corsicans, his parents, Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, opposed both Genoese and French rule.

What did Napoleon actually look like

Napoleon was 5 feet 6 inches tall, average height at the time. In his early years he was quite lean and only after 1806 did he become heavy. In his younger years he was often described as sickly in appearance, his skin having a yellowish pallor. He had fine white teeth, which he was proud.

roughly 65.75 inches

The longest bone in the body, the femur comprises about a quarter of a person's height. According to Steckel's analysis, heights decreased from an average of 68.27 inches (173.4 centimeters) in the early Middle Ages to an average low of roughly 65.75 inches (167 cm) during the 17th and 18th centuries.145
Estimated IQs of 301 Geniuses of the 15th – 19th Centuries by Catharine Morris Cox, PhD

Name Dates Corrected Est. IQ*
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 145
Newton, Isaac 1642-1727 190
Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662 195
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606-1669 155

How tall were people in France in the 1800s : 5 feet 4 inches

The estimated average height of a French man in 1820 was 5 feet 4 inches (about 1.65 meters).