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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | |||
===Rise of Napoleon and Wellesley=== | |||
[[File:Napoleon.jpg|thumb|Napoleon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'')]] | |||
Napoleon was born Napoleone Buona Parte in the [[year]] [[1769]], just [[month]]s apart from his future [[enemy]], [[Arthur Wellesley]]. A native of [[Corsica]], a small [[island]] that was an often-rebellious province of [[France]], Napoleon's [[parent]]s were [[aristocrat]]s, part of the Corsican nobility and rulers of the island on behalf of the French. Their [[family]] name was originally [[Buona Parte]]. In later years it was "Frenchified", and Napoleone Buona | |||
Parte became Napoleon Bonaparte. Like Wellesley, Napoleon attended a [[military academy]] in France, though not the same one, and both became [[soldier]]s, both rising in their chosen profession. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | |||
===The War=== | ===The War=== | ||
====Trafalgar==== | ====Trafalgar==== | ||
