NAPOLEON I, KARADJORDJE, AND THE GLORY OF THE GREATEST MILITARY LEADER

This article addresses a statement allegedly made by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, in which he says that Karadjordje (“Black George”), the leader of the First Serbian Uprising, was a great war leader who was even greater than he himself. Every effort has been made to analyze all relevant sources for this anecdote. The purpose to systematically prove or disprove this academically neglected but publicly influential rumor.