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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Napoleon I?

Is Napoleon I pronounced as Napoleon the first? Or Napoleon the Great?

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On 4 September 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Courbet made a proposal that later came back to haunt him. He wrote a letter to the Government of National Defense, proposing that the column in the Place Vendôme, erected by the Napoleon I to honour the victories of the French Army, be taken down. He wrote:
  

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NL888 Is Napoleon I pronounced as Napoleon the first? Or Napoleon the Great? 'Napoleon the First'.

  • NL888 Is Napoleon I pronounced as Napoleon the first?
  • Or Napoleon the Great?
  • 'Napoleon the First'.
  • 'Napoleon the Great' is pronounced as 'Napoleon the Great'.
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NL888Is Napoleon I pronounced as Napoleon the first? Or Napoleon the Great?
'Napoleon the First'.
'Napoleon the Great' is pronounced as 'Napoleon the Great'.

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