Jacques Lauriston
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Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston was a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish and Portuguese descent, and a general officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was bo
Portrait by Marie-Éléonore Godefroid, 1824
Napoleon and Lauriston in Moscow – an unflattering painting by Vasily Vereshchagin, representing a Russian point of view
Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
Jean Baptiste de Villèle
German campaign of 1813
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The German campaign was fought in 1813. Members of the Sixth Coalition, including the German states of Austria and Prussia, plus Russia and Sweden, fought a series of battles in Germany against the Fr
Battles of the German campaign inscribed on a medal
The Lützow Free Corps in action
Napoleon in 1812. Painting by Jacques-Louis David.