On his rise to power, Napoleon fell madly in love with Josephine de …show more content…
However, his desire for a blood heir was is an example of his megalomania in of itself. The only reason that he wanted a blood heir was that so his legacy could live on after him. Napoleon was so consumed with his power that he wanted it to never end, even after he had died. On top of this, the fact that the heir had to be of his blood showed that Napoleon was too obsessive about his power to let anyone not in his blood line have it. This ties back Napoleon’s divorce with Josephine as she had already bore two children from her previous marriage, but they were unable to carry on Napoleon’s legacy in his