FONTAINBLEAU & THE ELBA EXILE
Apr 15, 2021
1 minute
“NAPOLEON INITIALLY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RATHER THAN SIGN THE ABDICATION FORMS, BUT THE EXILE WAS GENEROUS – OFFERING HIM SOVEREIGNTY AND AN INCOME OF TWO MILLION FRANCS A YEAR”
On 11 April 1814 Napoleon abdicated the throne and, as a result of the Treaty of Fontainebleau,
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