What happened to Napoleon after his defeat at Waterloo?

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Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris, where he was forced by parliament to abdicate the French throne on June 22, 1815.123

Seeking to escape to the United States, Napoleon traveled to the west coast of France, but his plans were thwarted by a British naval blockade. Consequently, he surrendered to the commander of the HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815.12

The Allied powers, determined to prevent his return to power, chose the remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic as his place of permanent exile. Napoleon arrived on the island in October 1815 and lived there in relative isolation at Longwood House. He remained in exile until his death on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51.4125