I read he was not short, but average for the time. Is it meant to be humorous?
2007-03-21 06:14:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
After the famous general and emperor died in 1821, his body was autopsied in France, and his height was noted as 5 foot 2 inches. This measurement was in French feet (pieds de roi) and was never correctly converted to standard English measure. In English feet, Napoleon stood 5 foot 6.5 inches tall. So the poor guy was shorted a full 4.5 inches in height.
It could be that they wanted to portray him as a small to show how much power he really had.
2007-03-21 06:20:46 · answer #1 · answered by "Hello, I Love You" 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Napolean was of average height for his time. However, he had a tendency to spend a lot of time with his granadier units, which were mostly comprised of tall men and therefor, made Napolean appear short in comparison.
2007-03-21 14:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Coyote81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because he was short. For his time or otherwise, Napoleon was considered a short man.
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2007-03-21 13:49:53 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even New Yorkers who saw him when he visited commented on his short stature. Go figger.
2007-03-21 16:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋