Marshal of the Empire
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Marshal of the Empire was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was established by Sénatus-consulte on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent reinstated the formerly abolished title of Marshal
Napoleon near Borodino, an 1897 painting by Vasily Vereshchagin. Several Marshals (recognisable by their white-feathered bicornes) are depicted in the painting.
Official uniform of a Marshal of the Empire. It was designed by painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey and designer Charles Percier.
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Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Prince de Ponte Corvo, roi de Suède, Maréchal de France
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
Marshal of the Empire
…commands during the Napoleonic Wars, winning some of the most brilliant victories of the entire Napoleonic Wars. Three of them—viz., Jean Lannes, Louis-Nicolas Davout, and Louis-Gabriel Suchet—were virtually never defeated in pitched battle, despite fighting in dozens of engagements. While they were not normally…
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