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Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The following is a list of last words uttered by notable individuals during the 19th century (1801-1900). A typical entry will report information in the following order: Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.
Most had defected to the royalists before the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's subsequent defeat, with only four others (most notably Marshals Emmanuel de Grouchy and Michel Ney) serving under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. [1] [7] Auguste de Marmont, born in 1774, was the youngest officer to earn the distinction of Marshal. [8]
The Execution of Marshal Ney (French: L'exécution du maréchal Ney) is an 1868 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.It depicts the French Marshal Michel Ney immediately after his execution on 7 December 1815, with the firing squad seen marching away from the site.
He was the only son of Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd Duke of Elchingen (1804–1854), and Marie Joséphine Souham. He had two sisters, Marie-Louise Hélène Ney d'Elchingen (who married Prince Nicolae Bibescu) and Hélène Louise Ney d'Elchingen. [1] Her maternal grandparents were Général Joseph Souham and Rosalie Desperiez.
In the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in Salamanca, Spain, the French Marshal Michel Ney took the fortified city from Field Marshal Andrés Pérez de Herrasti [2] on 10 July 1810 after a siege that began on 26 April. Ney's VI Corps made up part of a 65,000-strong army commanded by André Masséna, who was bent on a third French invasion of Portugal.
Napoleon sent Marshal Michel Ney's VI Corps toward Erfurt to back up Murat's horsemen, and ordered Marshal Nicolas Soult's IV Corps to Buttelstedt. The emperor instructed Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte 's untouched I Corps to march to Bad Bibra north of Auerstedt so that he could prevent the fleeing Prussians from escaping east across the ...
Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd Duc d'Elchingen (1804–1854), second son of the 1st duc, confirmed in his title in 1826 Michel Aloys Ney , 3rd Duc d'Elchingen (1835–1881), only son of the 2nd duc Charles Aloys Jean Gabriel Ney, 4th Duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc, succeeded his father as 4th duc in 1881 and his elder ...