Person emperor of the French foreign visitor
Napoleon
Napoleão
emperor of the French · foreign visitor
Emperor of the French who passed Madeira in August 1815 aboard HMS Northumberland on his way to exile on Saint Helena, when British consul Henry Veitch visited him. The French frigates bringing back his remains called at the island in 1840.
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- Belle Poule — French emperor who passed Madeira aboard HMS Northumberland in 1815 on his way to exile; his remains were the object of the 1840 mission.
- Historical dates — Passed by Madeira in 1815 en route to exile.
- Ferreira de Freitas (Joaquim José) — French emperor in whose armies Ferreira de Freitas fought.
- Ega (Count of) — French emperor who granted the count an annual pension of sixty thousand francs.
- Veitch (Henrique) — Former French emperor who passed Madeira aboard the Northumberland on 23 August 1815 on the way to exile and received Veitch.
- Melo (Florêncio José Correia de) — French emperor who passed Madeira on 23 August 1815 en route to exile on Saint Helena.
- Giraldes (Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado) — French emperor whose troops invaded Portugal; Giraldes was falsely accused of aiding them.
- Occupation of Madeira by British troops — French ruler whose milder stance towards Portugal strengthened Portuguese demands for British withdrawal in 1801.
- Monteiro Teixeira (José António) — French emperor whose wars cut contact with Madeira and whose remains passed Madeira in 1840.
- Joinville (Prince of) — French emperor whose remains were exhumed on Saint Helena in 1840 by the mission led by Joinville.
- Bertrand (Arthur) — French emperor whose remains the 1840 expedition brought back to Europe.
2Chronology
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Napoleon boarded HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort and was later transferred to the Northumberland under Sir George Cockburn, which sailed south.
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The squadron carrying Napoleon aboard the Northumberland to exile on Saint Helena arrived off Funchal, where consul Henry Veitch visited him, and left for Saint Helena.
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