The mystery of Napoleon's stolen watch

Two centuries ago Napoleon died. But even for the one who ruled the world, writing his will with his own hand will not have been enough. However, his last wishes could not be clearer: his first valet de chambre, Louis Joseph Marchand, who had become a friend, was also appointed co-executor of the Emperor's exile in Saint Helena. "T

he services he rendered to me are those of a friend,

 " Napoleon wrote in his will, granting him on his deathbed the title of count which would only be confirmed to him by Napoleon III. The emperor in exile, not content with allocating him a substantial sum of 400,000 francs, will above all instruct him to pass on to his son, the young King of Rome, part of his property: his linen, his books ... and his watches. .But he will never receive them.

Only one watch after his death

Why ?

First, because the Austrian authorities, who carefully watched over the Aiglon, who had become Duke of Reichstadt, did not authorize the transmission of

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