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The abdication of Fontainebleau — Napoleon I’s first abdication, 1814
In the château de Fontainebleau, Napoleon I renounced the thrones of France and Italy; the ensuing treaty left him the island of Elba. (Editorial synthesis)
The abdication of Fontainebleau took place on 6 April 1814. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
The abdication of Fontainebleau took place in Fontainebleau. (source: Archives départementales)
The abdication of Fontainebleau ended in the end of the First Empire and the departure for Elba. (source: Archives départementales)
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