The Coup of 18 Brumaire: How Napoleon Seized Power

In November 1799, the French Directory was crumbling. A young general named Napoleon Bonaparte returned from Egypt to orchestrate a coup that would end the Revolution and begin his 15-year rule. This episode dives into the dramatic events of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII: the plotting at the château de Saint-Cloud, the unexpected resistance from the Council of Five Hundred, Napoleon's fainting spell, and the role of his brother Lucien Bonaparte in saving the day. We explore how a disgraced regime handed power to a military strongman, the legal fiction of the Consulate, and the immediate aftermath that set France on a path to empire. A turning point in French history, the coup of 18 Brumaire marks the death of the Revolution and the birth of Napoleonic France. #18Brumaire #NapoleonBonaparte #CoupDÉtat #FrenchRevolution #Directory #CouncilOfFiveHundred #CouncilOfElders #LucienBonaparte #EmmanuelSieyès #CharlesMauriceDeTalleyrand #SaintCloud #Consulate #CoupOfBrumaire #FrenchHistory #RevolutionaryFrance #NapoleonicEra #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo