Napoleon was not unusually short, but rather an average height for his time, possibly 5’7″. Descriptions of him as smaller were likely due to differences in inches. He was born into a family of minor Italian nobility and was of normal weight in his youth.
Historians have often portrayed Napoleon Bonaparte as unusually short, although evidence shows he was probably at least 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) and possibly 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) tall. This was the average height of men at the time Bonaparte lived. Descriptions of him that were much smaller, such as 5 ft 2 (1.58 m) are believed to have been the result of differences between British inches and French inches at the time.
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Napoleon was born into a family of minor Italian nobility. His father was a lawyer.
Many images show Napoleon being overweight, although these were painted in his later years. According to pictures and first-person accounts, Napoleon was of normal weight in his youth.
In popular culture, a short man who demonstrates unnecessarily aggressive behavior is sometimes said to have a Napoleon complex.
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