Marshal of the Empire (French: Maréchal d'Empire) was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was created by Sénatus-consulte on 18 May 1804...
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(when the title was Marshal of the Empire, not Marshal of France). A Marshal of France displays seven stars on each shoulder strap. A marshal also receives...
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First Marshal of the Empire (Italian: Primo Maresciallo dell'Impero) was a military rank established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest...
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countries: Marshal of Bolivia Marshal (Brazil) Marshal of the Realm (Denmark) Marshal of Finland France Marshal of France (includes Marshal of the Empire, both...
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Field marshal (General-feldmarshal, General-fel'dmarshal, General field marshal, or simply Fieldmarshal; Russian: Генерал-фельдмаршал) was, with the exception...
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Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest...
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The rank was the highest in the Italian Army prior to the creation of the rank of First Marshal of the Empire in 1938. The rank of Marshal of Italy was abolished...
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Highest military ranks (section Grand marshal)
two men.[citation needed] The militaries of the Empire of Japan, Republic of China and North Korea use the rank of grand marshal (traditional Chinese and...
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Grand marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "marshal" with the first usage of the...
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Marshal of the Empire was a civil dignity in the First French Empire between 1804 and 1815. The successor of the dignity, the Marshal of France, is a five-star...
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Mustang (military officer) (section British Empire)
intervened; became a Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon. Michel Ney – Served 5 years as an enlisted cavalryman; became a Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon...
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Generalfeldmarschall (redirect from General Field Marshal)
comparable to OF-10 in today's NATO naval forces. The rank existed in the Austrian Empire as Kaiserlicher Feldmarschall ("imperial field marshal") and in Austria-Hungary...
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult (redirect from Marshal Soult)
Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of France. Son of a...
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Nicolas Oudinot (redirect from Marshal Nicholas Oudinot)
25 April 1767 in Bar-le-Duc – 13 September 1847 in Paris), was a Marshal of the Empire. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hit...
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Michel Ney (redirect from Marshal Ney)
of Elchingen (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French...
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Jean Lannes (redirect from Marshal Lannes)
from Napoleon. Upon the establishment of the First French Empire, he was made one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire. In 1805, he fully regained...
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Les Invalides (redirect from The Invalides)
(1795–1878), Marshal of France Jean-François Berruyer (1737?–1804), Governor 1803–1804 Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768–1813), Marshal of the Empire Baptiste...
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Guillaume Brune (redirect from Marshal Brune)
French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Brune was...
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Joachim Murat (redirect from Marshal Murat)
during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France...
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Emperor Napoléon I to Marshal of the Empire André Masséna in 1809 as a victory title after the Battle of Essling. The creation of the title was finalised...
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Rank insignias of Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза, romanized: Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, pronounced...
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Jean-Baptiste Bessières (redirect from Marshal Bessières)
was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother...
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Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (redirect from Marshal Moncey)
commander in the French Revolutionary Wars and later a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He later became governor of the Hôtel des Invalides...
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Charles XIV John (redirect from Marshal Bernadotte)
Minister of War. His relationship with Napoleon was turbulent; nevertheless, Napoleon named him a Marshal of the Empire on the proclamation of the French...
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Marshal General of France, originally "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" (French: maréchal général des camps et armées du roi), was a title...
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Below is a list which presents and describes of the coat of arms of the Nobility of the First French Empire in France between 1804 and 1814, and 1815. Note:...
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André Masséna (redirect from Marshal Masséna)
military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I...
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Louis-Nicolas Davout (redirect from Marshal Davout)
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...
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier (redirect from Marshal Berthier)
served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War of France and was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804. Berthier...
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Claude-Victor Perrin (redirect from Marshal Victor)
served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1807 by Emperor Napoleon I. Victor was born...
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