Marc Antoine de Beaumont
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Marc-Antoine de Beaumont, a French nobleman, became a page to the king and joined the army of the Old Regime. He stayed in the army during the French Revolution and narrowly escaped being executed. Du
General of Division Marc Antoine de Beaumont
The Battle of Lodi by Louis-François Lejeune. Beaumont led the cavalry across the river upstream from the bridge.
Battle of Castiglione or Monte Medolano
Marshal Murat leading dragoons at Jena.
Louis-Nicolas Davout
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Louis-Nicolas d'Avout, 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
Marc Antoine de Beaumont
…Fourth Coalition, he was present at Jena and fought at Prenzlau and Eylau. In 1809, he commanded a reserve formation. His brother-in-law was Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout. Beaumont is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe. Born into a noble family from the province of Touraine, Beaumont became a page in…
Portrait by Tito Marzocchi de Bellucci, c. 1852
Davout's birthplace in Annoux
Louis-Nicolas Davout, lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd battalion of Yonne in 1792, by Alexis-Nicolas Pérignon (1834)
Davout at the Battle of Auerstedt, by Dick de Lonlay