Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary's life was a true fairytale - from Napoleon's fiancée to Queen of Sweden and Norway.

The infamy surrounding the Norwegian black metal scene of the early 1990s has a way of drowning out the music. Thanks to ...

Some 100 Napoleon artifacts from the Chalençon collection are headed to the auction block at Sotheby's Paris in June.

The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle at Legnano. 1415: Pope ...

Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The sword has been in the emperor’s close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of his last defeat at ...

In recent years, several of Napoleon's possessions have fetched high prices at auctions. In July of the previous year, two ...

The piece, which Napoleon ordered in 1802 and kept throughout his reign, was sold for 4.66 million euros ($5.27 million) late ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 ...

Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap ...

When the Qing Dynasty first took control over many parts of Taiwan in 1684, it roughly continued the Kingdom of Tungning’s ...