Le Roi Empereur

With his coronation as King of Italy on May 26, 1805, in Milan, thus taking on the dual-title of Emperor and King, Napoleon, reached the peak of his glory. Only Charlemagne, one thousand years before him, had succeeded in bringing the whole empire under his rule. This was the highest consecration of military and political genius, which lead to the fulfillment of the ideals of liberty and reform of the French Revolution.