How tall is Bonaparte Napoleon?

Napoleon is 5 feet 2 inches tall, but the unit is legal system, which is about 1.68 meters in meters. But most people think Napoleon is short. This is because they took the unit of 5' 2 "as the English system when converting, which led Napoleon to joke that he only had 1.58 meters.

In addition, in 1840, the average height of French adult males was only 1.64 meters. Napoleon was not short in his time. But in some oil paintings, Napoleon's figure is very short. Why? Because Napoleon was basically accompanied by guards over 1.8 meters, not to mention generals over 2 meters like Mortiere Opal. Compared with Napoleon at 1.68 meters, he was really much shorter.