[NAPOLEON I

Napoleon was exiled to St Helena in 1815. In mid-1817, Napoleon's health worsened. His physician, Barry O'Meara, diagnosed chronic hepatitis and warned Lowe that Napoleon could die from the poor climate and lack of exercise. Lowe thought O'Meara was exaggerating and dismissed him in July 1818. His health continued to worsen, and in March 1821 he was confined to bed. In April he wrote two wills declaring that he had been assassinated by the English oligarchy, that the Bourbons would fall, and that his son would rule France. He died on 5th May 1821 at age 51. Napoleon was buried with military honours in the Valley of the Geraniums.Napoleon's heart and intestines were removed and sealed inside his coffin. Napoleon's penis was allegedly removed during the autopsy and sold and exhibited. In 1840, the British government gave Louis Philippe I permission to return Napoleon's remains to France. The weeping willow that shaded Napoleon's grave in the Sane Valley on St. Helena became an iconic symbol of his exile and death. Napoleon frequently rested under these trees, and they became a major souvenir attraction for visitors, who stripped them of branchesProvenance: From a small collection of locks of Royal Hair which were all collected about between 1817 and 1820 so this much have been fairly soon after he was buried.