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Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short compared with the average Frenchman of his time.

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Is it true that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short compared with the average Frenchman of his time?

No. Two sources directly address Napoleon's height against the era's French average: one reports his measured height (~168.6 cm) exceeded the 164.1 cm average Frenchman of 1800-1820, and another states his ~1.67 m was a little above average for French men in the early 1800s. Both indicate he was not unusually short.

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Was Napoleon Bonaparte short?
2016
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Was Napoleon Bonaparte short?. (2016). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/31846/was-napoleon-bonaparte-short

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Was Napoleon even short? Inside the history of discrimination against short men | National Geographic
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Was Napoleon even short? Inside the history of discrimination against short men | National Geographic. (n.d.). nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/napoleon-complex-height-discrimination-men-history

Was Napoleon Short? Origins of the 'Napoleon Complex' | HISTORY
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Was Napoleon Short? Origins of the 'Napoleon Complex' | HISTORY. (n.d.). history.com. https://www.history.com/articles/napoleon-complex-short

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