The history of Hôtel La Louisiane begins in the mud and blood of Waterloo. In June 1815, a colonel of the Emperor Napoleon's cuirassiers charged one last time against the English squares. With defeat complete, he refused the return of the Bourbons and went into exile.
American Exile: 1815-1823
In New Orleans, our colonel found a community of exiled Bonapartists. The city, French-speaking and Catholic, kept the memory of Napoleon who had sold it to the United States in 1803.