What is Napoleon?
{{see also|Napoleon II of France|Napoleon III of France}} {{Infobox royalty |name = Napoleon I |image = File:Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project 2.jpg |alt = Full length portrait of Napoleon in his forties, in white and dark blue military dress uniform. He stands among rich 18th-century furniture. They have papers on them. He looks at the viewer. His hair is Brutus style, cropped close but with a short fringe in front. His right hand is in his waistcoat. |caption = Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries, by [[Jacques-Louis David]], 1812 |succession= Emperor of the French |reign=18 May 1804&nbsp;– 11 April 1814<br />20 March 1815&nbsp;– 22 June 1815 |coronation=2 December 1804 |full name=Napoléon Bonaparte |predecessor=French Consulate<br /><small>Himself as First Consul of the [[French First Republic]]. Previous ruling [[monarch]] was [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] as King of the French (1791–1792)</small> |successor=[[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] (''[[de jure]]'' in 1814; as [[legitimism|legitimate]] monarch in 1815)<br />[[Napoleon II of France|Napoleon II]] (according to his father's will of 1815) |succession1= King of Italy |reign1=17 March 1805&nbsp;– 11 April 1814 |coronation1=26 May 1805 |predecessor1=Himself <small>as [[President]] of the [[Italy|Italian Republic]]<br />Previous ruling [[monarch]] was [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles V]], crowned in Bologna in 1530</small> |successor1=Kingdom disbanded <br /> <small>Next [[monarch]] crowned in Milan was [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Ferdinand I]], next king of Italy was [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy]]</small> |spouse=[[Joséphine de Beauharnais]]<br />[[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise of Austria]] |issue=[[Napoleon II of France]] |house=[[House of Bonaparte]] |father=[[Carlo Buonaparte]] |mother=Letizia Ramolino |birth_date={{Birth date|1769|8|15|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]] |death_date={{De