What was Napoleon’s attitude toward the institution of nobility?


Being himself a member of the nontitled nobility of the old regime, Napoleon protected and promoted old nobles.


He allowed old nobles to use their titles informally.


As a former Jacobin, he hated the nobility and made sure that all nobles were exiled.


He restored titles abolished by the revolution and created a hierarchy of new nobility based on service to the state.


He used some noblemen of the old regime, such as Talleyrand, but in general he did not care for the institution.