| Édouard Mortier, 1st Duc de Trévise | |
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| In office November 18, 1834 – March 12, 1835 | |
| Preceded by | Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano |
| Succeeded by | Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie |
| Born | February 13, 1768 Le Cateau-Cambrésis |
| Died | July 28, 1835 (aged 67) |
| Political party | None |
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duc de Trévise (February 13, 1768 – July 28, 1835) was a French general and, Marshal of France under Napoléon I. The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1st Duc de Bassano (1 May 1763&mdash13 May 1839 was a French statesman and journalist Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles 3rd duc de Broglie (28 November 1785&ndash26 January 1870 was a French statesman and Diplomat. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in northern France, in the Nord département. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Treviso (Venetian Trevizo, French Trévise, Latin Tarvisium) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.
Biography
Mortier was born at Le Cateau-Cambrésis on 13 February 1768, son of Charles Mortier (1730 – 1808) and wife Marie Anne Joseph Bonnaire (b. Le Cateau-Cambrésis is a commune in northern France, in the Nord département. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1735), and entered the army as a sub-lieutenant in 1791. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
He served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the campaigns of 1792 and 1793 on the north-eastern frontier and in the Netherlands, and subsequently on the Meuse and the Rhine. The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Meuse (møːz is a department in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge In the war against the Second Coalition in 1799, he was promoted successively general of brigade and général de division. The " Second Coalition " ( 1799 &ndash 1802) was the second attempt by other European powers to contain or eliminate Revolutionary Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. Général is the French word for General. In France, Army generals are named after the type of unit they command His conduct of the French occupation of Hanover led Napoleon to include Mortier in the first list of marshals created in 1804. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen
He commanded a corps of the Grande Armée in the Ulm campaign in which he distinguished himself particularly by his brilliant action of Dürrenstein; in 1806 he was again in Hanover and north-western Germany, and in 1807 he served with the Grande Armée in the Friedland campaign. The Battle of Ulm ( October 16 - 19, 1805) was a series of minor skirmishes at the end of Napoleon Bonaparte's Ulm Campaign, culminating The Battle of Dürenstein (also known as the Battle of Dürrenstein or Battle of Dürnstein) was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the The Battle of Friedland ( June 14, 1807) saw Napoleon's French army decisively defeat Bennigsen's Russian army about twenty-seven Miles
In 1808, Napoleon created him duke of Treviso (Trévise in French) a duché grand-fief (a rare, but nominal, hereditary honor, extinguished in 1912) in his own Kingdom of Italy, and shortly afterwards he commanded an army corps in Napoléon's campaign for the recapture of Madrid. Treviso (Venetian Trevizo, French Trévise, Latin Tarvisium) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia, but also Regno Italico; 17 March 1805 – 11 April Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.
He remained in Spain for two campaigns, winning the victory of Ocaña in November 1809. In the Battle of Ocana or Ocaña ( November 19, 1809) French forces under Marshal Soult and King Joseph Bonaparte In 1812 and 1813 he commanded the Young Guard, and in the defensive campaign of 1814 he rendered brilliant services in command of rearguards and covering detachments. In 1815, after the flight of Bourbon king Louis XVIII of France, he rejoined Napoléon during the Cent Jours and was given a high command, but at the opening of the Battle of Waterloo he was unable to continue, complaining of severe sciatica. The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Louis XVIII (17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824 Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was a King of France and Navarre. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Hundred Days was the period between Napoleon Bonaparte 's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the restoration In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium Sciatica is a set of symptoms including Pain that may be caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five nerve roots that give rise to the Sciatic nerve
After the second Bourbon Restoration he was for a time in disgrace, but in 1819 he was readmitted to the Chamber of Peers and in 1825 received the Order of the Holy Spirit, the kingdom's highest. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Peerage of France (Pairie de France was a distinction within the French nobility which appeared in the Middle Ages. Not to be confused with the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans. In 1830-1831 he was Ambassador of France at St Petersburg, and in 1834-1835 minister of war and president of the council of ministers. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers
In 1835, while accompanying Louis-Philippe to a review, marshal Mortier and eleven others were killed by the bomb aimed at the king by Fieschi. Louis Philippe ( 6 October 1773 &ndash 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the Giuseppe Marco Fieschi ( December 13, 1790 &ndash February 19, 1836) was the chief conspirator in the attempt on the life of King Louis-Philippe Louis Philippe bitterly mourned him, and wept openly at the marshal's funeral.
He married Eve Anne Hymmès (Coblence, 19 August 1779 – Paris, 13 February 1855), by whom he had issue extinct in male line in 1912. Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German Spellings French Coblence) is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
| Preceded by Hugues Maret, Duc de Bassano | Prime Minister of France 1834-1835 | Succeeded by Victor, duc de Broglie |
Sources and references
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1st Duc de Bassano (1 May 1763&mdash13 May 1839 was a French statesman and journalist The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles 3rd duc de Broglie (28 November 1785&ndash26 January 1870 was a French statesman and Diplomat. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Heraldica.org - Napoleonic heraldry
- Gray, Randal. Napoleon's Marshals. New York: Macmillan, 1987. 310
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