Napoleon lives past 1821

Is there any chance Napoleon Bonaparte lives past 1821? He was supposed to have died of stomach cancer, but there was a theory he died due to deliberate arsenic poisoning. Is this possible? Or would not being exiled to Elba somehow butterfly to a longer life? He doesn't need to live to be 85 or anything, just as long as plausible. Any thoughts?
 
William_Dellinger said:
Is there any chance Napoleon Bonaparte lives past 1821? He was supposed to have died of stomach cancer, but there was a theory he died due to deliberate arsenic poisoning. Is this possible? Or would not being exiled to Elba somehow butterfly to a longer life? He doesn't need to live to be 85 or anything, just as long as plausible. Any thoughts?

I think you mean St.Helena here... Unless you talk about a Napoleonic Victory scenario in Europe of course, or at least a Napoleon that stays in power.

Well, considering the age of death of Napoleon's brothers and relatives, he could have lived up to his 60s or, if lucky 70s. OTL, he died at age 52 in 1821, thus living up to his 60s-70s would make him live up around the 1830s.

All would depend on Napoleon's living conditions... According to many, he was very ill treated by Hudson Lowe, his "host".
 
If after 1813 Napoleon won at Lipsia or at least Waterloo, he remained emperor and surely lived more long.

But if he remained at St. Helena... i don't know. Maybe in the end the British freed him if he managed to survived till 1848. Charles Napoleon, yet only French President, could claim his release.

I remember some years ago they made a film where Napoleon, with the help of a look-alive, managed to escape from St. Helena and returned in Europe living as a common man; but i don't see it and i not remember the title. :(
 
Yes, I did mean St. Helena. Sorry.

I've read horror stories about the Longwood House, arsenic in the wallpaper, it was damp and unhealthy, probably had all kinds of mold everywhere... And being kept prisoner probably doesn't help your condition either. Just wanted to make sure that it wasn't ASB for Napoleon to survive until, say, 1835-1840.

His mother lived fairly long after Napoleon died, didn't she?
 
Is there any chance Napoleon Bonaparte lives past 1821? He was supposed to have died of stomach cancer, but there was a theory he died due to deliberate arsenic poisoning. Is this possible? Or would not being exiled to Elba somehow butterfly to a longer life? He doesn't need to live to be 85 or anything, just as long as plausible. Any thoughts?

I think the theory was that there was arsenic in the wallpaper. This was apparently common at the time so it is likely he died of mundane step by step poisoning.

If he lives longer he just stays on St Helena. He cannot escape and he has nothing to do but look at sea birds. Visitors would be rare since it was isolated and required a long trip from Europe.
 

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Well after his second capture, Napoleon asked for a villa in London. So maybe after a few years, when Napoleon begins to seem "harmless" with his age, he might receive is villa. Living in London, he might do nothing, but maybe he could influence some of Britain's politics in a very very small way, or maybe he escapes to France or Corsica to live out his last days and the people see their God-like Emperor dying and his legend would be deflated (that's not to say that Napoleon didn't deserve his legendary status; In my opinion he did).
 
William_Dellinger said:
Just wanted to make sure that it wasn't ASB for Napoleon to survive until, say, 1835-1840.

Oh it's not. As said earlier, Napoleon was only 52 when he died in 1821. If given good conditions, he could have lived past his 60s or 70s.

William_Dellinger said:
His mother lived fairly long after Napoleon died, didn't she?

Yup. Maria Laetizia Ramolino only died in 1836.
 
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