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Marshal of France was the highest military rank in France before the revolution. After the revolution it was abolished as an elitest rank, but in 1804 Napoleon reinstated it as part of his attempts to rebuild a system of honours in France. Napoleon appointed twenty six marshals between 1804 and 1815.
Name |
Lived |
Notes and titles |
Date appointed |
1757-1816 |
Duc de Castiglione |
19.05.1804 |
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1763-1844 |
Later King Charles XIV of Sweden |
19.05.1804 |
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1753-1815 |
Prince de Neuchatel, suicide or murdered? |
19.05.1804 |
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1763-1813 |
Duc D’Istrie, Killed in battle |
19.05.1804 |
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1763-1815 |
Murdered by a loyalist mob |
19.05.1804 |
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1770-1823 |
Prince de Eckmuhl, Duc d’Auerstadt |
19.05.1804 |
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1764-1830 |
Later Marquis de St.Cyr |
27.08.1812 |
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1766-1847 |
Marquis |
03.06.1815 |
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1762-1833 |
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19.05.1804 |
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1735-1820 |
Duc de Valmy |
19.05.1804 |
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1769-1809 |
Killed in battle |
19.05.1804 |
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1755-1820 |
Duc de Danzig |
19.05.1804 |
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1765-1840 |
Duc de Tarente |
12.07.1809 |
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1774-1852 |
Duc de Raguse |
12.07.1809 |
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1758-1817 |
Prince d’Essling Duc de Rivoli |
19.05.1804 |
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1754-1842 |
Duc de Conegliano |
19.05.1804 |
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1768-1835 |
Duc de Trevise |
19.05.1804 |
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1767-1815 |
King of Naples, Grand Duke of Berg, death by firing squad |
19.05.1804 |
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1769-1815 |
Prince de la Moskowa, Duc D’Elchingen, death by firing squad |
19.05.1804 |
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1767-1847 |
Duc de Reggio |
12.07.1809 |
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1754-1818 |
Later Marquis de Perignon |
19.05.1804 |
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1763-1813 |
Drowned in battle |
16.10.1813 |
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1742-1819 |
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19.05.1804 |
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1769-1851 |
Duc de Dalmatie |
19.05.1804 |
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1770-1826 |
Duc d’Albufera |
01.07.1811 |
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1764-1841 |
Duc de Bellune |
13.07.1807 |
Napoleon's Marshals, Emir Bukhari. A good book but starting to look a bit dated now although the information is accurate and it is nicely illustrated with colour pictures of all the famous marshals in uniform.
Includes a brief service record of all of the main Marshals but is lacking on any great detail [SEE MORE]
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