




The answer most people look for when presented with this question is “Marengo,” but the idea that Marengo was his favorite and/or his only mount is a gross misconception. To clarify, below is a list of all of Napo’s horses, alternate spellings separated by commas and their nicknames in parentheses.
- Aboukir
- Ali, Aly, Ally (Marengo)
- Arabella
- Artaxerces
- Babylonien
- Bacha
- Belle
- Bijou
- Bonaparte, Buonaparte (Numid, Numide)
- Bouffon
- Breant
- Calvados
- Cerbere
- Chiek, Chiekh
- Cid
- Coceyre
- Conquerant
- Coquet
- Cordoue (Cuchillero)
- Courtois
- Curde
- Cirus, Cyrus (Wagram)
- Desire
- Desiree
- Distingue
- Embelli
- Emir
- Epicurien
- Estime
- Euphrates
- Extreme
- Familier
- Favori
- Folatre
- Friedland
- Gessner
- Gisors
- Gonsalvo, Gonsalve
- Hahim
- Harbet
- Helavert
- Heliopolis
- Hericle
- Hippogriffe
- Ingenu (Wagram)
- Intendant (Coco)
- Jaffa
- Kurde
- Labrade, Labrador
- Leonore
- Lowska
- Lutzelberg
- Lydienne
- Lyre
- Major
- Marie (Zina)
- Mon Cousin (Wagram, Austerlitz)
- Montevideo
- Moscou (Tcherkes)
- Naiade
- Nankin
- Naturalist
- Naufrage
- Nausicaa
- Navigateur
- Navire
- Neron
- Nickel
- Ninon
- Roitelet I
- Roitelet II
- Russe
- Sagonte
- Sahara
- Sara
- Selim
- Styrie
- Sultan
- Tamerlan I
- Tamerlan II
- Tauris, Taurus
- Timide
- Triomphant
- Vizir, Vizier
- Wurzbourg
Not only did Napoleon have a habit of naming horses after successful battles, but he also favoured Arabian greys, which makes identification of any single horse’s presence at a battle difficult.
Napoleon had hella many horseys