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Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
The painting depicts Napoleon in a room of the Palace of Fontainebleau. He appears with a thoughtful expression, while he sits informally in a chair. He has the appearance of someone who has just returned from combat, while he also wears his uniform of colonel of the horse grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, with his grey frock coat.
Palace of Fontainebleau France: Fontainebleau: 46,500 square metres (500,522 sq ft) Castle dating back to 1137, continuously used by French monarchs up until 1870. It contains more than 1500 rooms, also houses the museum Napoleon I. [60] Palace of Fontainebleau: 31 Berlin Palace Germany: Berlin: 45,000 square metres (484,376 sq ft)
Louis Napoleon was baptized at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 5 November 1810, with Emperor Napoleon serving as his godfather and Empress Marie-Louise as his godmother. His father stayed away, once again separated from Hortense. At the age of seven, Louis Napoleon visited his uncle at the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
This category covers the houses and palaces occupied to a significant extent by Napoleon I of France. His final resting place is in the church of Les Invalides in Paris . Pages in category "Palaces and residences of Napoleon"
On 20 April 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, shortly before his first abdication, bid farewell to the Old Guard, the renowned grognards (gripers) who had served with him since his first campaigns, in the "White Horse Courtyard" (la cour du Cheval Blanc) at the Palace of Fontainebleau. (The courtyard has since been renamed the "Courtyard of Goodbyes".)
Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte is an 1808 portrait painting by the French artist François Gérard . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It depicts Joseph Bonaparte , recently created King of Spain , in his coronation robes. [ 3 ]
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was concluded on 11 November 1807 at the Palace of Fontainebleau between Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire and his brother Louis Bonaparte's Kingdom of Holland. Under the terms of the treaty, Napoleon annexed the strategically important town of Vlissingen (Flushing) to France, while Louis received the province of ...