Plaudite!

They made him way to cute in this show I hate it and I hate him

Napoleon was indeed sad, but this story was invented by Lannes’ aide de camp Marbot. Doctor Lanefranque described Lannes’ last moments in a letter to Doctor Corvisart dated June 11th 1809. What he said in the letter was totally different from Marbot’s memoir. I believe contemporary record is much more creditable than memoirs written many years later. What’s more, Marbot invented many stories in his memoir, for example, the story that Lannes hated Bessisére for helping Murat to marry Caroline. Also, if you read General Pelet’s memoir on 1809, you would realize that Marbot’s account of Lannes’ death is largely based on Pelet’s version (they even made the same mistake on the date of Lannes’ death). I doubt whether Marbot really witnessed Lannes’ death. Doctor Lanefranque only mentioned that Lannes’ premier aide de camp Saint-Mars was present.