Question

The most likely reason why Napoleon could be classified as an enlightened monarch was because

Answer 1

The correct answer is: 
he declared himself an enlightened monarch.
(he implemented certain enlightenment ideals.)
X the Pope blessed him as an enlightened monarch.
in comparison to his predecessor, he was enlightened.

Answer 2

The most likely reason why Napoleon could be classified as an enlightened monarch was because the Pope blessed him as an enlightened monarch.

Napoleon had implemented some of the ideas of enlightenment including the Social Contract which stated that his legitimacy to rule lied on the decision of the majority. Bonaparte had gained the majority’s decision after French Revolution and thus crowned himself as the King of France.