corsica

was it possible for Napoleon to have defended Corsica as kind of a giant Elba? And if not, on the second scenario the text supposes, had Lucien been appointed Governor of Corsica on the 100 days, would it have been possible for the Bonapartes to remain in control of Corsica after the 100 days...

"The principal weapon of the Corsicans was their courage. This courage was so great that in one of these battles, near a river named Golo, they made a rampart of their dead in order to have the time to reload behind them before making a necessary retreat; their wounded were mixed among the dead...

Napoleon Bonaparte or, also known by his Corsican name, Napoleone Buonaparte, was the first son of Carlo Buonaparte and Maria-Letizia Bonaparte and was also the first brother of Joseph Bonaparte and the future French Emperor, the Napoleon Bonaparte. However, he died in infancy on 17 August 1765...

This was prevented by the existence of Duchess Anne Beatrice of Modena because the marriage of Anne Beatrice to Umberto I made a peaceful transfer of Lombardy to Savoy-Piedmont possible while Venice, Friuli, and Trentino remained part of Austria. The alternative to this was the French who wanted...

I was reading about the history of Napoleon’s father, Carlo Bonaparte,(don’t ask me why) and he was an personal assistant of Pasquale Paoli, that after the annexation of Corsica by France, go to the exile in London. Carlo, in contrast, go to French side and get a job in the local administration...

Sardinia had been a territory of the Kingdom of Aragon since 1323, and, with the union of Aragon with Castile in 1469, part of the new kingdom of Spain. During the period of Aragonese and later Spanish rule, Sardinian culture adopted some new Spanish traditions and customs, bringing the island...

King Theodore's Corsica From March to November of 1736, Theodore von Neuhoff, a Westphalian baron, ruled Corsica as its king. Theodore's kingdom is obscure today—and perhaps understandably so, as it existed so briefly. Later writers often dismiss the "Kingdom of Corsica" as farcical and...

While the anti-Napoleonic forces on the continent were crushed by the French regularly for some years until 1812, on the sea the RN stayed supreme and even put sure that French troops never could conquer the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, although both are pretty close to French-controlled...