Napoleonic Trivia #66 (1 Viewer)

[Grognard]

What links Napoléon to the FBI?

 

[trooper]

Naapoleon's great nephew, charles, founded the FBI in 1908. Trooper

 

[Grognard]

Napoleon's great nephew, charles, founded the FBI in 1908. Trooper

Correct answer Trooper! Yes, Charles Bonaparte, grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson (Jérôme's American first wife) founded the BOI (Bureau of Investigation) which is now the FBI when he served under Theodore Roosevelt as Attorney General.