Aftermath and Death
The British sent Villeneuve to England but released him on parole; during this time he lived in Bishops Waltham in the English county of Hampshire. He stayed at the Crown Inn public house and his men which numbered 200 stayed in local houses. He was allowed to attend the funeral of Lord Nelson whilst at Bishops Waltham. Freed in late 1805, he returned to France, where he attempted to go back into military service but his requests were not answered. On April 22, 1806, he was found dead at the Hotel de la Patrie in Rennes with six stab wounds in the left lung and one in the heart: a verdict of suicide was recorded. The nature of his death ensured that this verdict was much mocked in the British press of the time and suspicions abounded that Napoleon had secretly ordered Villeneuve's murder.
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