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    Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁo kʁistɔf miʃɛl dyʁɔk]; born du Roc; 25 October 1772 – 23 May 1813), Duke of Frioul, was a French...
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  • Géraud is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Géraud-Pierre-Henri-Julien Bessières (1777–1840), French scientist and diplomat Géraud de...
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    farmers. The station is named after the nearby rue Duroc, which in turn is named after Géraud Duroc, Duke of Frioul (1772–1813), who was one of Napoleon's...
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  • Duroc may refer to: Duroc pig, an older breed of American domestic pig Duroc (Paris Métro), a station on the Paris Métro Line 10 and Line 13 Géraud Duroc...
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    Spain. The document was drawn up by Napoleon's marshal of the palace Géraud Duroc and Eugenio Izquierdo [es], an agent for Manuel de Godoy, Prince of the...
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    of the household, during wartime as well as during peacetime. General Géraud Duroc held the position from the moment when Napoleon I became Emperor of the...
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    position in the inner circle of Napoleon by the Emperor's aide, General Géraud Duroc (Grand Marshal of the Palace). A number of Polish aristocrats asked her...
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  • effective command given to Grand Marshal of the Palace General of Division Géraud Duroc. This famous, albeit provisional, formation was composed of elite companies...
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    Napoleon's body back to France; monument designed by Louis Visconti 1847: Géraud Duroc (1772–1813); also by Louis Visconti 1862: Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860)...
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    Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Louis-Nicolas Davout Jean-de-Dieu Soult Jean Lannes Géraud Duroc Joachim Murat Louis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire Nicolas...
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  • 1783 – James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725) 1813 – Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772) 1815 – Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst...
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    forces retreated. Notably, one of Napoleon's closest friends, Grand Marshal Duroc, died in this battle. "French Forces Battle of Reichenbach 22 May 1813"...
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    Britain Commanders and leaders Napoleon Bonaparte Joachim Murat (WIA) Géraud Duroc (WIA) Jean Lannes (WIA) François Lanusse Jacques-François Menou Mustafa...
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    Napoleon merely ordered his Grand Marshal of the Palace, and aide, General Géraud Duroc to give Lasalle another 200,000 francs. When a prefect asked why Napoleon...
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    Spain. The document was drawn up by Napoleon's marshal of the palace Géraud Duroc and Eugenio Izquierdo, an agent for Manuel Godoy. The treaty proposed...
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    Don Eugenio Izquierdo [es], plenipotentiary of Charles IV, and Marshal Géraud Duroc as the representative of Napoleon, the accord contained 14 articles along...
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  • de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (d. 1857) 1772 – Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (d. 1813) 1779 – Pedro Velarde y Santillán...
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  • 924–966 Berengar II 14 November 1808–23 May 1813 Géraud Duroc 28 October 1813–24 September 1829 Hortense Duroc Hodgkin, Thomas. Italy and her Invaders, volume...
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    administrative functions: Grand Marshal of the Palace, held by Generals Géraud Duroc, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, and Henri Gatien Bertrand; Grand...
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    and Zajączek. His aides de camp included his brother Louis Bonaparte, Duroc, Eugène de Beauharnais, Thomas Prosper Jullien, and the Polish nobleman...
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    Montesquiou, who had Napoleon's respect; and the military party, led by Géraud Duroc. Montebello was a great support for Marie Louise during her childbirth...
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    Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duc de Feltre, 1809, also Comte d'Hunebourg Géraud Duroc, Duc de Frioul, 1808 (extinct in 1829) Joseph Fouché, Duc d'Otrante,...
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    Taylor Coleridge, English poet and philosopher (d. 1834) October 25 – Géraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813) November 5 – Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière...
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    a French plenipotentiary, Géraud Duroc, although the French had intended for the final treaty to be signed in Paris. Duroc was not allowed to cross the...
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    battle, Napoleon's close friend and Grand Marshal of the Palace, General Geraud Duroc, was mortally wounded by a cannonball the day after the battle and died...
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    December 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars. The terms were negotiated by Géraud Duroc, who signed for France, and Christian Graf von Haugwitz, who signed for...
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    1768) May 21 – José Antonio Pareja, Spanish admiral (b. 1757) May 23 – Géraud Duroc, French general (mortally wounded in action) (b. 1772) June 6 Alexandre-Théodore...
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    officers, identified as Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Géraud Duroc and Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, while inspecting the...
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  • Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon 1805–1806: Antoine de Laforêt 1799–1806: Géraud Duroc, special envoy 1808–1813: Antoine Marie Philippe Asinari de Saint-Marsan...
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  • (Marie's servant) Vladimir Sokoloff as Dying soldier George F. Houston as Géraud Duroc Uncredited Cast Stanley Andrews as Prince Mirska Oscar Apfel as Count...
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