Napoleon I

Napoleon I was the title of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and briefly in 1815.

The designation distinguishes him from his nephew Napoleon III, who ruled later in the century.

References to Napoleon without a numeral almost always mean Napoleon I: Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the Napoleonic Wars.

The name has become synonymous with military genius and overreaching ambition—a Napoleon complex describes compensatory aggression attributed to short stature, though Napoleon was average height for his era.