Napoleon's family belonged to the little nobility of Corsica and was not rich.
Having destroyed the nobility after the Revolution under the Guillotine, in reality Napoleon re creates it. He enobles his Marshal and others with Dukedoms & the like. He rewards his own (unworthy) family. He simply replaces one dynasty with another.
The lower class had a much larger population that any other class. Therefore, if Napoleon had their support, that would mean he would have a major amount of people fighting on his side.
He granted his Marshals and Brothers various Titles and the lands that accompanied them, ranging from low nobility right up to Kings. Veterans may also have received property when they retired.
They are from Nobility as they hold a title but are non Royal.
Napoleon's family belonged to the little nobility of Corsica and was not rich.
Having destroyed the nobility after the Revolution under the Guillotine, in reality Napoleon re creates it. He enobles his Marshal and others with Dukedoms & the like. He rewards his own (unworthy) family. He simply replaces one dynasty with another.
A lot of nobility lost their heads, social turmoil, and the emergence of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The lower class had a much larger population that any other class. Therefore, if Napoleon had their support, that would mean he would have a major amount of people fighting on his side.
the idea of democracy... to remove the rule of the nobles and to support a society where all citizens are treated equals. a society without nobility and clergy.
He granted his Marshals and Brothers various Titles and the lands that accompanied them, ranging from low nobility right up to Kings. Veterans may also have received property when they retired.
You have to raise taxes in your capital either to lower classes or nobility, then you wait 3 turns for a revolution and capture the capital and that's it. Lower classes-------Republic Middle classes------- Constitutional Monarchy Nobility------- Absolute Monarchy Note= to change to a CM you have to be a Republic and anger the middle class and then start the revolution.
If a man was not born into nobility, and the Monarch liked him, the Monarchy could grant him nobility status. Or, a man could buy the right to be let into nobility. Otherwise, a single man could gain the right by marrying into nobility.
Noble is the adjective related to nobility. Adjectives to describe nobility include landed, aristocratic, and gentle.
English" the nobility" is German: "die Vornehmheit".
They are from Nobility as they hold a title but are non Royal.
Louis XIV excluded the nobility from his council and and often kicked them out of the homes the monacrchy had built for the nobility.