Jerome Bonaparte Was Emperor for Three Months and Missed It
Napoleonic Era

Jerome Bonaparte Was Emperor for Three Months and Missed It

A minor clerk's filing error in 1814 almost gave Europe a completely different emperor, and nobody noticed for three months.

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Napoleonic EraFrench Empire19th CenturyEuropeJerome BonaparteBureaucracyAdministrative ErrorPolitical TransitionImperial GovernmentFranceGovernment Administration

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