baron Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury de Chaboulon

Born in 1779, Fleury de Chaboulon was a French administrator and writer who served in Napoleon’s world and later became known above all for his memoirs of 1815. Contemporary editions of his work describe him as a former secretary to Emperor Napoleon and his cabinet, a master of requests to the Council of State, and a baron.

He is especially remembered for Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815 and Les Cent Jours, accounts that helped shape how later readers understood Napoleon’s return from Elba and the Hundred Days. Because he wrote from direct experience, his books combine political observation with the feeling of someone who stood close to the center of events.

He died in 1835. No clear, verifiable portrait image of him was confirmed from the sources checked here, so a profile image is not included.