Several months later, on August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, a major port on the island. He was the second-born son of the family. His real name was Napoleone Buonaparte, but as a young man, he decided to give his name a French spelling. He did this because he had his mind set on a military career in France, and he didn’t want his Italian-sounding name to stop his progress. In 1796, he changed it permanently to Napoleon Bonaparte.

When Napoleon was nine, his father decided he should go to school in France to get an education befitting their birth. But he didn’t have the money to pay for his schooling. He petitioned the king, Louis XIV, for a scholarship for Napoleon. The king had set up a special fund for the sons of French nobles, granting them money to attend military scho

On June 11,1793, Napoleon settled his family near the southern city of Marseilles and then returned to his artillery unit in the north. By this time, Napoleon was a captain, but his salary was still very low. Whatever money he saved, he sent to his mother.

Because his army was shattered, Napoleon’s enemies quickly banded together in a new alliance to take advantage of France’s military weakness. The six members of the league - Spain, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Great Britain, and Prussia - threatened invasion on all sides. In addition the British Duke of Wellington was scoring a number of victories against the French forces stationed in Spain. He was driving them farther and farther north toward the French border. If he continued, Napoleon knew, he would invade France in a matter of months.

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