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Pierre-Jean Chalençon (born June 23, 1970) is a French antiques collector, television personality, and expert on Napoléon Bonaparte.[1][2][3]
Biography
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Pierre-Jean Chalençon began collecting Napoleonic objects when he was a teenager. His first item is a letter from Napoleon dated 1860. He buys his items at auction houses, and in 2010 he estimated that his collection of items that belonged to Napoleon comprised between 2000 and 3000 pieces.[4]
Among the known items he owned were one of Napoleon's hats, the original Civil Code, Napoleon's marriage contract with Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's ring... He also purchased one of Napoleon's thrones.[5]
To display his collection, Pierre-Jean Chalençon bought the Palais Vivienne in Paris in 2015, a private mansion transformed into a museum. The Duke of Orléans, son of King Louis-Philippe I, lived in this private mansion in the 19th century. The collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon has traveled the world from Asia to the United States.[6]
He is a supporter and a very good friend of the politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, as well as of Eric Zemmour. He is a supporter of US President Donald Trump, he has already visited Mar-a-Lago and is a very good friend of Jason Miller, one of Donald Trump's advisors.[7]
He has decided to sell part of his collection in 2025 through the Sotheby's auction house for 8.7 million euros.[8]
References
edit- ↑ "L'avocat de Pierre-Jean Chalençon sur le banc des accusés". April 23, 2021 – via Le Monde.
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/napoleon-enthusiast-memorabilia-debts-sd8w77j8k?
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/napoleons-press-officer-forced-to-sell-paris-mansion-to-pay-his-debts-z000p6s5h?
- ↑ "Qui est Pierre-Jean Chalençon, le collectionneur mis en cause pour des dîners clandestins ? | TF1 Info". www.tf1info.fr (in French). 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ Mandel, Nathalie (2025-06-24). "Sotheby's s'apprête à disperser les trésors napoléoniens de la collection Chalençon". Actu-culture.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "À Paris, le palais Vivienne de Pierre-Jean Chalençon vendu 8 millions d'euros". leparisien.fr (in French). 2025-11-19. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ "Pierre-Jean Chalençon à fond à la cérémonie d'investiture de Donald Trump". 20 Minutes (in French). 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ Rochebouët, Béatrice de (2025-06-25). "Vente Pierre-Jean Chalençon chez Sotheby's : un résultat contrasté qui l'a déçu". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2026-04-30.
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