Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine by Jacques-Louis David (completed 1808)LocationCathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, ParisDateDecember 2, 1804
(11 Frimaire XIII)
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
there was no president in France in 1803. The French leader was Napoleon Bonaparte, crowned emperor the following year.
Louis Bonaparte was Napoleon's brother. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonoparte who became Emperor Napoleon III was Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte. (It is unusual to describe him as a statesman, he was a general).
He was crowned by himself as Emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor in 1804. He gave up his crown in 1815.
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as Emperor of France.
napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte symbolically crowned himself Emperor on May 18, 1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, on Dec. 2, 1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ruler of France. He crowned himself on 2 December 1804.
He crowned himself emperor after overthrowing the Directory.