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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] Francois ...
The most active Marshals in the Napoleonic war, Napoleon Campaign: Marshal Michel Ney Duke of Elchingen, and Prince of la Moscowa (1769–1815). [1] Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout Duke of Auerstaedt, Prince of Eckmühl (1770–1823). [1] Marshal Jean Lannes Duke of Montebello (1769–1809). [1] Marshal Joachim Murat Prince d'Empire, Grand Duke of ...
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (French: [lwi nikÉ”la davu]; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Marshal of the Empire and Napoleon's brother-in-law. Murat was a daring and charismatic cavalry officer who took part in many Revolutionary and Napoleonic battles such as the Abukir, Jena, and many others. Michel Ney: 1769–1815 French Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, famous for his great courage ("le brave des braves").
Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier acted as Napoleon's chief of staff from 1796 until 1814, being replaced by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult during the Hundred Days. The role of Chief of Staff in the Grande Armée became almost synonymous with Berthier, who occupied this position in almost all the major campaigns of Napoleon.
Throughout his reign, Napoleon created a total of twenty-six Marshals of the Empire: [5] Michel Ney , who received his marshal's baton on 19 May 1804. Louis-Alexandre Berthier , Prince of Neuchâtel and of Wagram , Duke of Valangin (1753–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Lannes' birthplace in Lectoure. Lannes was born in the small town of Lectoure, [2] [4] in the province of Gascony in Southern France. He was the son of a small landowner and merchant, Jeannet Lannes (1733–1812), son of Jean Lannes (d. 1746), a farmer, and his wife, Jeanne Pomiès (d. 1770), and paternal grandson of Pierre Lane and wife Bernarde Escossio (both died in 1721), and wife Cécile ...
The marshal made his way through Bavaria but, despite his and Napoleon's efforts, he had little involvement in the first phase of the campaign. During the battles of Landshut and Eckmühl , Masséna's corps, which advanced by forced marches under the energetic leadership of its commander, did not arrive in time to complete the encirclement of ...