Fontainebleau in the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 5 people and 10 moments here, from 1685 to 1814. The most recorded lives are Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Notable people

1. David Hume

   in 1763

   1 moment here

   Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist. Hume’s documented movements include formative stays in Bristol and France; residences at…

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   in 1752

   1 moment here

   Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…

3. Joséphine de Beauharnais

   from 1785 to 1809

   6 moments here

   Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…

4. Louis XIV

   in 1685

   1 moment here

   Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…

5. Napoleon Bonaparte

   in 1814

   1 moment here

   French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…

Moments

1. 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau Louis XIV
2. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. 1763 Letter from Fontainebleau David Hume
4. 1785 Move to Fontainebleau Joséphine de Beauharnais
5. 1790 Residence in Fontainebleau after return from Martinique Joséphine de Beauharnais
6. 1796 Visit to Fontainebleau en route to Italy Joséphine de Beauharnais
7. 1804 Stay at Fontainebleau before the coronation Joséphine de Beauharnais
8. 1807 Visit to the court at Fontainebleau Joséphine de Beauharnais
9. 1809 Court stay at Fontainebleau before separation Joséphine de Beauharnais
10. 1814 Abdicates at Fontainebleau Napoleon Bonaparte

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