Napoleon Bonaparte

Caesar Napoleon Bonaparte I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; August 15, 1769 – January 5th, 1835) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Frane to victory in the Wars of the Coalition, crowning himself emperor. He was the de facto leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until his death. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before cementing his domination with the dismemberment of the British Empire and Britain itself.