What happened to Napoleon's carriage?

Started by Kritter, February 09, 2018, 01:20:40 AM

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Kritter

Regency History: What happened to Napoleon's carriage?

QuoteHow Napoleon?s carriage came to London

Napoleon?s carriage was captured by Major Von Keller at Genappe on the night of 18 June 1815 as Napoleon fled the battlefield of Waterloo. The Prussian Major ?reserved the carriage as his own booty? and ?brought it to England to gratify the curiosity of the people of this country, who have now an opportunity of viewing it at the London Museum, Piccadilly?. (1)

It is not clear whether the carriage was sold to the British government by the Prussians or sent as a present to the Prince Regent.

Curryong

The Prince Regent probably nabbed it. He was a bit of a fantasist and went around telling people he'd fought at Waterloo. The carriage ended up at Madame Tussaud's in London and was destroyed, along with lots of other Napoleonic relics, in a disastrous fire in the 1920s.