Editing Napoleon (section)

== Arms ==
{{see also|Armorial of the First French Empire}}

On becoming emperor, Napoleon adopted the [[French Imperial Eagle]] as his arms.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boureau |first=Alain |title=L'aigle : chronique politique d'un emblème. |publisher=Éditions du Cerf |year=1985 |location=Paris|pages=204|chapter=Chp.VI "Un signe de ralliement : l'aigle étatique des États-Unis et de l'Empire français (1776-1804) L'aigle d'Amérique L'aigle de l'Empire français"}}</ref>
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| footer            = '''Arms and Achievement of Napoleon'''<ref name="Neubecker">{{cite book | title = Heraldry: Sources, Symbols and Meanings | author = Ottfried Neubecker & J P Brooke-Little | year = 1980 | publisher = The Book Service Ltd | isbn = 978-0354044936 | page = 98 }}</ref>{{,}}<ref name="Louda">{{cite book |title = Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe |author = Jirí Louda & Michael MacLagan |year = 1999 |publisher = Little, Brown |isbn = 978-1856054690 | page = 125 }}</ref>{{,}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Normand|first=Charles|title=Armes et sceau de l'Empire français|location=Paris|year=1804|quote=*The Arms depicts a shield with a golden eagle in front of a blue background, within its talons clutching a thunderbolt. The shield is surrounded by Napoleon's red Imperial mantle, filled with golden bees. The shield is topped by the Imperial crown, which sits atop a golden Imperial helmet. Surrounding the shield is the chain and pendant of the Legion d'honneur. Crossed behind the shield are the Scepters of justice and mercy.|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8413215d/f1.zoom}}</ref>{{,}}
 <ref name="Lamarque21">{{Cite web |url=http://ameliefr.club.fr/armorial.html |title=ARMORIAL DU PREMIER EMPIRE, Par Philippe LAMARQUE, Index armorum : Michel POPOFF, Iconographie : Gregor JAKUBOWSKI – BARTHEL de WEYDENTHAL, Éditions du Gui, page 21 |access-date=8 October 2024 |archive-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202114805/http://ameliefr.club.fr/armorial.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{,}}<ref>[http://www.napoleon.org/fr/essentiels/symbolique/index.asp Symbolique des armes impériales sur www.napoleon.org]</ref>{{,}}<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=8HYxAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA213&dq=Maurice+Gabriel+Joseph+de+Riquet&lr=#PRA1-PA210,M1 Bulletin des lois - France - Google Livres]  , Publié par Imprimerie impériale, 1809</ref>{{,}}<ref name="Roret1854">{{cite book
|first=Nicolas
|last=Roret
|title=Nouveau manuel complet du blason ou code héraldique, archéologique et historique; avec un armorial de l'Empire, une généalogie de la dynastie impériale des Bonaparte jusqu'à nos jours, etc...
|year=1854
|pages=340
|isbn=
}}</ref> {{,}} <ref>{{cite book|first=Alain|last= Boureau|title=L'aigle : chronique politique d'un emblème.|location= Paris|publisher= Éditions du Cerf|year=1985}}</ref>
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