Through his jousting connections in France he got to participate in the 200th anniversary reenactment of Napoleon’s last ...

When Cologne fell under Prussian rule following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, the corps duly exchanged their faux-French uniforms for Prussian ones. Carnival’s rebellious spirit even ...

Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign. The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in ...

Pope Pius VII was kidnapped by French forces in his private apartments in the Quirinal Palace in Rome and remained a prisoner of Napoleon for five years. The head of the Catholic church had sought ...