# Was Naploean's Penis removed after death?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954 "2009-10-24T11:47:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![philscorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@philscorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philscorp)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954/1 "2009-10-24T11:47:44Z")

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Hi, As a newcomer to your site I was browsing previous posts(some interesting stuff)🙂 and saw one posted some time ago when the question was posed “Was Napoleans penis removed after death?”

As a serving Officer on board the cargo ship "Good Hope Castle"we used to take mail and supplies to a remote island in the South Atlantic named Saint Helena where Napolean was exiled and subsequently died.

I visted Napoleans house in "Longwood"where he lived and died and which is now a museum in 1969…amongst the exhibits in a balck velvet lined case was his penis,why it was removed I have no idea but see no reason to doubt the authenticity,I do however understand why Josephine looked elsewhere for her satisfaction in the bedroom department!😉

Regards to all

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954/2 "2009-10-24T20:57:11Z")

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Here is the column.

> **[What happened to Napoleon’s penis?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343619/what-happened-to-napoleon-s-penis)**

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954/3 "2009-10-25T15:41:05Z")

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**philscorp** , welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, and thanks for sharing your experience with Napoleon’s penis. (Wait, that didn’t come out quite right, did it?) 🙂 Hey, welcome!

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**Author:** ![hamhawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@hamhawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamhawk)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954/4 "2009-11-02T05:40:40Z")

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> [@philscorp](#):
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> Hi, As a newcomer to your site I was browsing previous posts(some interesting stuff)🙂 and saw one posted some time ago when the question was posed “Was Napoleans penis removed after death?”
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> As a serving Officer on board the cargo ship "Good Hope Castle"we used to take mail and supplies to a remote island in the South Atlantic named Saint Helena where Napolean was exiled and subsequently died.
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> I visted Napoleans house in "Longwood"where he lived and died and which is now a museum in 1969…amongst the exhibits in a balck velvet lined case was his penis,why it was removed I have no idea but see no reason to doubt the authenticity,I do however understand why Josephine looked elsewhere for her satisfaction in the bedroom department!😉
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> Regards to all

Yea but I heard he was a “GROWER”.LOL…