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Born March 25, 1762 • Haiti
Died February 26, 1806 (aged 43) • France
Notable Family Members son Alexandre Dumas, père
Role In French Revolutionary wars • Napoleonic Wars

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Napoleon I
emperor of France
Dominique-René Vandamme, count of Unebourg
French general
Claude Victor-Perrin, duke de Bellune
French general
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Wagram
marshal of France
Dominique-Catherine, marquis de Pérignon
marshal of France
Fredrik Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
André Masséna, duc de Rivoli
André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d’Essling
French general
Henri, baron de Jomini
Henri, baron de Jomini
French general and historian
Dumouriez, detail of a portrait by J. Rouillard; in the National Museum of Versailles and Trianons
Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez
French general
Victor Moreau
Victor Moreau
French general
Louis-Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstedt
Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt
French general
Hoche, etching, after a portrait by J. Duplessi-Bertaux
Lazare Hoche
French general
Jacques Macdonald, duc de Tarente.
Jacques Macdonald, duke de Tarente
French general
François-Joseph Lefebvre, duke de Dantzig
French general
Charles Pichegru, engraving, 1895.
Charles Pichegru
French general
Armand, marquis de Caulaincourt
French general
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, duke de Dalmatie
French military leader
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, count d’Erlon
French marshal