Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin Marbot, known as Marcellin Marbot, was a French general, famous for his memoirs depicting the Napoleonic age of warfare. He belongs to a family that has distinguished itself particularly in the career of arms, giving three generals to France in less than 50 years, including his elder brother, Antoine Adolphe Marcelin Marbot.
Marbot as a colonel commander of the 7th Hussar Regiment in 1815
Marbot as a colonel of the 23rd Chasseur Regiment in 1812
The Battle of Eylau, 1807, in which the young Captain Marbot nearly lost his life
King Louis Philippe I
Antoine Adolphe Marcelin Marbot, known as Adolphe Marbot, was a French general. He belongs to a family that has distinguished itself particularly in the career of arms, giving three generals to France in less than 50 years.
General Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754–1800) during the Italian campaign
General, later Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844), future King Charles XIV John of Sweden
Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753–1815), Prince of Neuchâtel
Laon, capital city of the Aisne department in northern France