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Short biografy
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marshal
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1764-1841, duke of Belluno. Governor of Berlin, commander of the IX Corps during the Campaign of Russia
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Claude Victor-Perrin
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1755-1820, duke of Dantzig. Commanded the Bavarian Army in 1809
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François Joseph Lefebvre
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1742-1819, count of the Empire. Inspector general of the troops in 1798, governor of Hôtel des Invalides in 1804
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Jean-Mathieu Philibert Sérurier
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1768-1813, duke of Istria. Commander of cavalry, died in the eve of the battle of Lützen
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Jean-Baptiste Bessières
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1769-1851, duke of Dalmatia. Chief of staff in the Waterloo campaign, then served three times as prime minister
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult
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1769-1809, duke of Montebello, prince of Siewierz. Brave and talented soldier, died after the battle of Aspern-Essling
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Jean Lannes
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1767-1847, duke of Reggio. Head of grenadiers unit, got several wounds in battle. Beloved by the soldiers, was appointed marshal after the battle of Wagram
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Nicolas Oudinot
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1756-1816, duke of Castiglione. Commander of VII Corps (1803-1811)
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Pierre Augerau
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1764-1830, count of the Empire. Appointed in 1812 after the battle of Polotsk, after 1815 served as war minister
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Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr
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1758-1817, duke of Rivoli, prince of Essling. Colonel in the Army of Italy in 1800, commander of the National Guard in 1815
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André Masséna
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1770-1826, duke of Albuféra. Considered one of the best Napoleon's marshals, got several victories in Spain. Commander of the VII Corps in 1815
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet
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1763-1815, count of the Empire. Commander of the Army of the Var in 1815
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Guillaume Brune
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1754-1842, duke of Conegliano. Commander of a Corp in Spain in 1802, from 1833 governor of the Hôtel des Invalides
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Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
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1735-1820, duke of Valmy. In 1814 voted for the destitution of the emperor
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François Christophe de Kellermann
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1763-1813, prince of Poland and of the Holy Roman Empire. The only not french marshal, drowned in the Elster river during the retreat of the French army after the battle of Leipzig
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Józef Antoni Poniatowski
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1763-1844, prince of Pontecorvo. Later, king of Sweden. Commander of I Corps, then joined the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
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1767-1815, grand duke of Berg, king of Naples. Commander of cavalry, was Napoleone's brother-in-law
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Joachim Murat
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1754-1818, count of the Empire. Goveror general of the Duchy of Parma and then of the kingdom of Naples
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Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon
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1770-1823. duke of Auerstadt, prince of Eckmühl. War minister during the war of the Seventh Coalition
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Louis-Nicolas Davout
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1774-1852, duke of Raguse. Governon of Dalmatia, loyal to the Bourbons during the Hundred days
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Auguste de Marmont
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1766-1847, count of the Empire. The last marshal appointed by Napoleone, in 1815 was in charge of the right wing ordered to pursue the Prussians after the battle of Ligny
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Emmanuel de Grouchy
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1753-1815, prince of Wagram, sovereign prince of Neuchâtel. Main assistant of Napoleon, died after a fall from a window
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier
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1768-1835, duke of Treviso. Commander of the Imperial Guard (1812-1813), died in an assassination attempt on king Louis Philippe I
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Édouard Mortier
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1769-1815, duke of Elchingen, prince of the Moskva. Commander of III Corps (1812-1813), was appointed as "bravest of the brave" from the emperor
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Michel Ney
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1762-1833, appointed count after the Bourbon restoration. Governor of the Hôtel des Invalides from 1830
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
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1765-1840, duke of Taranto. Governor of Rome and then Versailles, commanded the left wing in the Russian campaign
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Étienne MacDonald
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