The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau forced Napoleon to trade his empire for a tiny island
The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau marked the dramatic fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, stripping him of his vast European empire and sentencing him to a life of exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba.
Following the capture of Paris by the Sixth Coalition, Napoleon was forced to sign the Treaty of Fontainebleau on April 11, 1814. The agreement stripped him of his powers as Emperor of the French, though he was curiously allowed to keep his title while ruling over the tiny, 86-square-mile island of Elba.
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