![]() ![]() So how did Napoleon become characterized as a pint-sized guy in a huge hat?Ĭonvenient circumstances help justify the myth. Yet we revere him as a founding father and never mention his height. Coincidently, James Madison, at 5’4″ our shortest president, was in office during six years of Napoleon’s reign. While that’s not imposing-all but five US presidents have been taller-it was above the 5’ 5’’ average for a French male in Napoleon’s era. The truth? Napoleon Bonaparte was between 168 and 170 centimeters, or 5’6” – 5’7” in height. ![]() Recently, a friend of mine said, “The one thing we all know about Napoleon Bonaparte is that he was short.” Thus two-hundred-year-old British propaganda still overrules established fact.
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