The great reformations in administration and judiciary and the normalization of relations between State and Church that he was able to accomplish in less than two years led him to be acclaimed Emperor of French by the Senate, on May, 18, 1804.
A national referendum confirmed his accession to the throne with 3,572,329 votes against 2,579.
He crowned himself emperor at his December 1804 Coronation, but had already declared himself the Emperor in May.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.
He crowned himself but Pope Pius VII presided.
To show that he was above the Church and that he was the Emperor.
Napoleon crowned himself
At Notre Dame Cathedral.
He placed the crown on his own head
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Napoleon Bonaparte.
Emperor. The pope was going to crown him, but Napoleon took the crown away and crowned himself Emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
because he was an ambitious man
On March 31st 1814 Paris was conquered, and op April 6th Napoleon was made to renunciate the throne.
He was crowned by himself as Emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte. (It is unusual to describe him as a statesman, he was a general).
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France.
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Napoleon Bonaparte symbolically crowned himself Emperor on May 18, 1804.
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He crowned himself;
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Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as Emperor of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor in 1804. He gave up his crown in 1815.
Napoleon III, Emperor.