Napoleon Bonaparte To the troops he commanded in battle Napoleon was known fondly as the "Little Corporal." To the monarchs and kings whose thrones he overthrew he was "that Corsican ogre." Some believed him a great reformer. Others thought him a monster. Friend and foe alike, however, could agree on one fact: Napoleon I, emperor of the French and for 16 years master of most of Europe, was one of the greatest military geniuses of all …showed first 75 words of 2941 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2941 total…soldier under careful supervision. Unfortunately for the Bonapartist cause, the young man died of tuberculosis at age 21 on July 22, 1832, in Vienna. In 1940, after the German conquest of France, Adolf Hitler had the remains transferred to Paris, and they were buried near his father in the Hôtel des Invalides. The Bonapartists had to wait another 20 years for the arrival of Napoleon III, a nephew of the first Napoleon, to return to power.