Napoleon isn't going to commit suicide, the man was too proud to die in such a "cowardly" way.
Actually, he tried. After he was almost captured in the 1812 campaign he took to carrying a vial of poison around with him in case it happened again, and he took it around the time of his first abdication. However the potency of the drug had weakened with age and he just got extremely sick for a while.
If the drug is stronger (or Napoleon's constitution weaker) and he dies, then you see no 100 days and probably get a Bonapartist legend that he was killed by the allies (heck, we got one of those OTL after his death on St Helena), but probably not much else.
It'll be widely believed that Napoleon was actually killed by the Coalition. There'll probably be some sort of pro-Napoleon backlash following.
I would never have believe this in the slightest if it was only a rumour, but it does seem to be supported.
I always thought that suicidal tendencies were not found in natural born leaders.
Suicidal tendencies and depression are actually more common in natural-born leaders and the intelligentsia than among the average laypeople.
Allegedly Napoleon contemplated suicide after his abdication in order to avoid capture by his enemies. This means no Hundred Days and possibly a different Treaty of Vienna. What are some other butterflies you can think of?
Napoleon isn't going to commit suicide, the man was too proud to die in such a "cowardly" way.
Fair enough
Prince Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte, is three and is brough up as an Austrian, would he drop his first two names and be known as Archduke Charles Joseph?
What about having him as Archduke of Hungary?
Napoleon isn't going to commit suicide, the man was too proud to die in such a "cowardly" way.
Napoleon isn't going to commit suicide, the man was too proud to die in such a "cowardly" way.
Napoleon II didn't live long enough IOTL to make much of a name for himself, I doubt that would be different ITTL.
I always remember this map whenever this idea of Napoleon dying before the 100 Days comes up again. The great powers would need to solve this mess:
I always remember this map whenever this idea of Napoleon dying before the 100 Days comes up again. The great powers would need to solve this mess:
Fair enough
So now that Emperor Napoleon I is dead.
Empress Marie Louise, would return to Austria and be given a royal title and land for her and her son there.
Prince Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte, is three and is brough up as an Austrian, would he drop his first two names and be known as Archduke Charles Joseph?
What about having him as Archduke of Hungary?
Is that correct about Prussia occupying Belgium and Luxembourg in 1814?