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Modern Insignia: Maréchal de France
Modern Insignia: Maréchal de France
Baton of a modern Marshal of France
Baton of a modern Marshal of France
Imperial coat of arms of marshal of the First French Empire prince Józef Poniatowski with Légion d'honneur, Order of the White Eagle, Virtuti Militari insignia
Imperial coat of arms of marshal of the First French Empire prince Józef Poniatowski with Légion d'honneur, Order of the White Eagle, Virtuti Militari insignia

The Marshal of France (French: Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France) is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or Early Austrian years war with Turkey Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was born in Vienna, Austria in the Palais Kinsky (others say he was actually The Order of the White Eagle (Order Orła Białego is Poland 's highest decoration awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits The Order Virtuti Militari ( Latin for "For Military Virtue" is Poland 's highest Military decoration for valor in the face of French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Military rank is a system of hierarchical relationships in Armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements. It was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration and one of the Great Dignitaries of the Empire during the First French Empire (when the title was not "Marshal of France" but "Marshal of the Empire"). The Great Officers of the Crown were the most important officers of state of the royal court in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne The Great Officers of the Crown were the most important officers of state of the royal court in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or

A Marshal of France displays seven stars. The marshal also receives a baton, a blue cylinder with stars, formerly fleurs-de-lis during the monarchy and Eagles during the First French Empire. For other uses see Baton The word baton, from the French bâton (stick also in ordinary senses itself from Late Latin bastum The fleur-de-lys (or fleur-de-lis, plural fleurs-de-lis ˌfləː(rdəˈliː (ˌfləː(rdəˈlɪs in Quebec) translated from French as "lily Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the Bird order Falconiformes and family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera It has the Latin inscription: Terror belli, decus pacis, which means "Terror in war, ornament in peace".

Six Marshals of France have been given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General of France: Biron, Lesdiguières, Turenne, Villars, Saxe and Soult. The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" ( maréchal général des camps et armées du roi) was given to Charles de Gontaut duc de Biron (1562-1602 son of Armand de Gontaut baron de Biron, fought brilliantly for the royal party against the Catholic League in the later François de Bonne duc de Lesdiguières ( 1 April 1543 &ndash 21 September 1626) was soldier of the French Wars of Religion and Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne ( September 11 1611 &ndash July 27 1675) was Claude Louis Hector de Villars Prince de Martigues Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun ( May 8, 1653 – June 17, 1734) was the Maurice comte de Saxe (Moritz Graf von Sachsen 28 October, 1696 &ndash 20 November, 1750) was a French general who was Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duc de Dalmatie (29 March 1769 26 November 1851 the Hand of Iron, was a French general and statesman named

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History

The title derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190). Philip II Augustus (Philippe Auguste ( 21 August[[ 165]] &ndash 14 July 1223) was the King of France from 1180 until his death Albéric Clément (c 1165 &ndash 1191 was the first Marshal of France under Philip Augustus, appointed to that position in 1185

The title was abolished by the National Convention in 1793. During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the Constitutional and legislative assembly It was restored during the First French Empire by Napoleon I as Marshal of the Empire. The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or Under the Bourbon Restoration, the title reverted to Marshal of France and Napoléon III kept that designation. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President

After the fall of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire, the Third republic did not use the title until the First World War, when it was recreated as a military distinction and not a rank. Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870 between the Second World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

Philippe Pétain, awarded the distinction of Marshal of France for his generalship in World War I, retained his title even after his trial and imprisonment and after he was stripped of other positions and titles. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain)

The last living Marshal of France was Alphonse Juin, promoted in 1952, who died in 1967. Alphonse Pierre Juin ( 16 December 1888 &ndash 27 January 1967) was a Marshal of France. The latest Marshal of France was Marie Pierre Koenig, who was made a Marshal posthumously in 1984. Marie Pierre Kœnig ( October 10, 1898 &ndash September 2, 1970) was a French general.

Today, the title of Marshal of France can only be granted to a General officer who fought victoriously in war-time.

Direct Capetians

Six Marshals under Philip II, 1180 – 1223

Eight Marshals under Louis IX, 1226 – 1270

Four Marshals under Philip III, 1270 – 1285

Six Marshals under Philip IV, 1285 – 1314

One Marshal under Louis X, 1314 – 1316

Three Marshals under Philip V, 1316 – 1322

One Marshal under Charles IV, 1322 – 1328

Valois

Five Marshals under Philip VI, 1328 – 1350

Four Marshals under John II, 1350 – 1364

Two Marshals under Charles V, 1364 – 1380

Nine Marshals under Charles VI, 1380 – 1422

Six Marshals under Charles VII, 1422 – 1461

Four Marshals under Louis XI, 1461 – 1483

Two Marshals under Charles VIII, 1483 – 1498

Valois-Orléans

Four Marshals under Louis XII, 1498 – 1515

Valois-Angoulême

Twelve Marshals under Francis I, 1515 – 1547

Five Marshals under Henry II, 1547 – 1559

One Marshal under Francis II, 1559 – 1560

Five Marshals under Charles IX, 1560 – 1574

Seven Marshals under Henry III, 1574 – 1589

Bourbons

Eleven Marshals under Henry IV, 1589 – 1610

Thirty-four Marshals under Louis XIII, 1610 – 1643

Fifty-one Marshals under Louis XIV, 1643 – 1715

Thirty-four Marshals under Louis XV, 1715 – 1774

Twenty Marshals under Louis XVI, 1774 – 1792

Baton of the Napoleonic Marshals
Baton of the Napoleonic Marshals

First Empire

Twenty-six Marshals under Napoleon I, 1804 – 1814[1]

The names of many of these have been given to successive stretches of an avenue encircling Paris, which has thus been nicknamed the Boulevard des Maréchaux (Marshals' Boulevard"). Joachim-Napoléon Murat (born Joachim Murat) ( Gioacchino Napoleone Murat) ( March 25 1767 &ndash October 13 1815) Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, 1st Duc de Conegliano ( July 31, 1754 &ndash April 20, 1842) Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan ( April 29, 1762 &ndash November 23, 1833) was a Marshal of France. Charles Pierre François Augereau 1st Duc de Castiglione ( October 21, 1757 &ndash June 12, 1816) was a French soldier and military Charles XIV John ( Karl XIV Johan) born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (26 January 1763 &ndash 8 March 1844 Guillaume Marie Anne Brune 1st Comte Brune ( March 13, 1763 &mdash August 2, 1815) was a French soldier and political figure who rose Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duc de Dalmatie (29 March 1769 26 November 1851 the Hand of Iron, was a French general and statesman named The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" ( maréchal général des camps et armées du roi) was given to Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, 1st Sovereign Prince de Sievers ( April 11, 1769 &ndash May 31, Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duc de Trévise (13 February 1768 28 July 1835 was a French General and Marshal of France Michel Ney, 1st Duc d' Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa ( January 10 1769 &ndash December 7 1815 Louis-Nicolas d'Avout ( May 10, 1770 &ndash June 1, 1823) better known as Davout, 1st Duc d' Auerstaedt Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st Duc d' Istria ( August 6, 1768 &ndash May 1, 1813) was a Marshal of France François Christophe Kellermann or de Kellermann 1st Duc de Valmy (28 May 1735 - 23 September 1820) was Marshal of France during François Joseph Lefebvre, 1st Duc de Dantzig ( 25 October, 1755 &ndash 14 September, 1820) was Marshal of France Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, 1st Marquis de Grenade ( May 31, 1754 - December 25, 1818) was Marshal Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, 1st Comte Sérurier ( December 8, 1742 &mdash December 24, 1819) was a French Claude Victor-Perrin, 1st Duc de Belluno ( 7 December 1764 &ndash 1 March 1841) was a Marshal of France Nicolas Charles Oudinot, 1st Comte Oudinot, 1st Duc de Reggio ( 25 April, 1767 &ndash 13 September, 1847) was Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duc de Ragusa ( 20 July 1774 &ndash 22 March 1852) was a French Louis Gabriel Suchet, 1st Duc d' Albufera ( March 2, 1770 &ndash January 3, 1826) Marshal of France, one of Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr ( Toul, May 13, 1764 &ndash Hyères, March 17, 1830 Early Austrian years war with Turkey Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was born in Vienna, Austria in the Palais Kinsky (others say he was actually Grouchy redirects here For the musical theorist Jean de Grouchy (ca Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

Second Restoration

Six Marshals under Louis XVIII, 1815 – 1824

Three Marshals under Charles X, 1824 – 1830

July Monarchy

Ten Marshals under Louis-Philippe 1830 – 1848

Second Republic

Seven Marshals under Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1848 – 1852

Second Empire

Twelve Marshals under Napoleon III, 1852 – 1870

Third Republic

Three Marshals under Raymond Poincaré, 1913 – 1920

Five Marshals under Alexandre Millerand, 1920 – 1924

Fourth Republic

Three Marshals under Vincent Auriol, 1947 – 1954

Fifth Republic

One Marshal under François Mitterrand, 1981 – 1995

See also

References

  1. ^ R P Dunn-Pattison Napoleon's Marshals Methuen 1909 - Reprinted Empiricus Books 2001
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Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law marquis de Lauriston ( February 1, 1768 - June 12, 1828) was a French Soldier and Diplomat Gabriel-Jean-Joseph comte Molitor ( March 7, 1770 - July 28, 1849) was a Marshal of France, born in Hayingen in Lorraine Charles X (9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836 ruled as King of France and Navarre from 20 May 1824 until the French Revolution of 1830, when he abdicated Louis Aloy Prince de Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (Ludwig Aloysius Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein ( August 18, 1765 &ndash May 30, Nicolas Joseph Maison 1st Marquis Maison ( December 19, 1770 - February 13, 1840) born in Épinay-sur-Seine, was a Marshal of Louis-Auguste-Victor Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont ( September 2, 1773 - October 27, 1846) was a Marshal of France. The July Monarchy (1830-1848 was a period of liberal monarchy rule of France under Louis-Philippe Louis Philippe ( 6 October 1773 &ndash 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the Étienne Maurice Gérard, Comte Gérard (4 April 1773 17 April 1852 was a French General and statesman Bertrand comte Clausel (or Clauzel) ( December 12, 1772 &ndash April 21, 1842) Marshal of France, was born at Mirepoix Grouchy redirects here For the musical theorist Jean de Grouchy (ca Georges Mouton, Comte de Lobau ( February 21, 1770 - November 21, 1838) was a French soldier and political Sylvain-Charles comte Valée ( December 17, 1773 - August 16, 1846) born in Brienne-le-Château, was a Marshal of France "Sébastiani" redirects here For other uses of the word see Sebastiani. Jean-Baptiste Drouet Comte d'Erlon ( July 29, 1765 - January 25, 1844) was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon Thomas Robert Bugeaud Marquis de la Piconnerie Duc d'Isly ( October 15, 1784 - June 10, 1849) was a Marshal of France and Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille ( September 1, 1775 - March 4, 1860) was a Marshal of France, born in Antibes. Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie ( April 30, 1775 - February 28, 1851) was a Marshal of France History Revolution of 1848 See also Mid-nineteenth century France The industrial population of the Faubourgs Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte French Prince King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort ( November 15, 1784 &ndash June 24, 1860 Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans, 1st Comte Exelmans ( November 13, 1775 &ndash June 22, 1852) was a distinguished French Jean Isidore Harispe, 1st Comte Harispe ( December 7, 1768 - May 26, 1855) was a distinguished French soldier of the Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, 1st Comte Vaillant ( December 6, 1790 - June 4, 1872) born in Dijon, was a Marshal Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud ( August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854) was a French soldier and Marshal of France Bernard Pierre Magnan ( December 7 1791 - May 29 1865) was a Marshal of France. Esprit Victor Elisabeth Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane ( March 21, 1788 - September 16 1862) was a Marshal of France The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870 between the Second Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, 1st Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers ( September 6, 1795 - June 6, 1878) was a Marshal of France Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier, 1st Duc de Malakoff ( November 6, 1794 - May 22, 1864) was a Marshal of France Jacques Louis César Alexandre Randon, 1st Comte Randon ( 25 March, 1795 – 16 January, 1871) was a French military and political François Certain Canrobert ( June 27, 1809 - January 28, 1895) was a Marshal of France. Pierre François Joseph Bosquet ( 8 November, 1810 - 5 February, 1861) was a French soldier Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (13 June 1808 - 17 October 1893 was a French Auguste Michel Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely ( July 29, 1794 - February 1, 1870) was a Marshal of France and politician Adolphe Niel ( 4 October 1802 - 13 August 1869) was a French General and Statesman, also Marshal of France Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st Comte d'Ornano ( January 17, 1784 - October 13, 1863) was a French soldier and Élie Frédéric Forey ( 10 January 1804 - 20 June 1872) was a Marshal of France. François Achille Bazaine ( 13 February, 1811 - 23 September, 1888) was a French General and from 1864 a Marshal of France, "who Edmond Leboeuf ( 5 November 1809 - 7 June 1888) was a Marshal of France. The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe Raymond Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934 was a French conservative Statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (12 January 1852 - 3 January 1931 was a French General who was Commander-in-Chief of the French Army between Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (2 October 1851 – 20 March 1929 was a French soldier military theorist and writer credited with possessing "the most original Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain) Alexandre Millerand (10 February 1859 - 7 April 1943 was a French socialist Politician. Joseph Simon Gallieni ( 24 April 1849 - 27 May 1916) was a French soldier most active as a military commander and administrator in the French Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey ( November 17, 1854 - July 27, 1934) was a French general the first Resident-General Louis Félix Marie François Franchet d'Espérey ( 25 May 1856 &ndash 8 July 1942) was a French general during the First Marie Émile Fayolle (15 May 1858 - 27 August 1928 was a Marshal of France. Michel-Joseph Maunoury ( December 17 1847 &ndash March 28 1923) was a commander of French forces in the early days of World War I The founding of the Fourth Republic (1944-47 See also Three Parties, Third Force (France European Unity The creation of the For other meanings see also the disambiguation page Auriol Jules-Vincent Auriol ( 27 August, 1884 1 January, 1966 was a Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny ( 2 February 1889 &ndash 11 January 1952) was a French military hero of World Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ( November 22, 1902 – November 28, 1947) was a French general during World War II Alphonse Pierre Juin ( 16 December 1888 &ndash 27 January 1967) was a Marshal of France. See also Government of France The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ( 26 October 1916 8 January 1996 served as President of France from 1981 to 1995 elected as representative of the Socialist Marie Pierre Kœnig ( October 10, 1898 &ndash September 2, 1970) was a French general. The Constable of France (connétable de France from Latin comes stabuli for " Count of the stables" as the First Officer of the Crown was one Richard Phillipson Dunn Pattison ( 1874 - 8 March 1916) was a British soldier and academic Historian specialising in military history
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