Talk:Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand

Orphaned article
This article is considered an ”orphan” which means that no-one has linked to it. In all likelihood, this has the articles themselves in view since I have linked to it in a few of my discussion inlays. I suggest him to be mentioned in the article on Sten Forshufvud. After all, it was the descriptions of Napoléon's symptoms found in Louis' diaries that originally lead to Sten's hypothesis about what he had died from.

2009-06-27 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

After 1821
Shortly after Napoléon I Bonaparte had been buried on Saint Helena Louis returned to Europe. Does anyone know where he lived after this even or what he job he had? I only know three things he experienced after 1821. The first is that he was present at the opening of Napoléon’s tomb on Saint Helena. The second is that he read Charles Tristan de Montholon’s description of his time on the island and wrote down his testimony against some of the claims in it. The third is that he was made a count by Napoléon III. His uncle Napoléon had wanted to do this but by then it was no longer possible for him to do so.

2009-06-27 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

= Raised to nobility by the wrong emperor Napoléon =

Louis was not made a count by Napoléon I but by Napoléon III. Although Napoléon I wanted to make Louis a count he never had the opportunity to do so. He could definitely not have done so on his death bed. During his death struggle Napoléon I Bonaparte had not much of his brain capacity left. He reacted noticeably to touch an possibly to peoples' voices unless his hearing had already been entirely gone. He could also communicate his needs but was too dazed to do anything else. Eventually, he fell into coma and never woke up.

2010-12-05 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

= Portrait =

Although Louis lived long enough to be photographed I have never seen any photo of him. It is entirely possible that there is no-one. A good portrait of him can be found here. It is a cropped version of a picture I found on the website of the International Napoleonic Society. In the original picture you could see him holding his hand inside his jacket in the same way as Napoléon I Bonaparte regularly did. I suppose he just wanted to show his feeling of kinship with his former ruler. However, to me it is a distraction so I cropped the picture right above his arm. I admit that the portrait depicts Louis looking as good as Jake Gyllenhaal could do with a good make-up. (I took him as an example because the exact distances between the features of their faces match.) Of cause he did not look that good in reality. But as long as you are aware of this the portrait is not misleading. If the drawing originally had any copyright it has most likely expired by now.

2010-12-29 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.