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Born November 22, 1767 • Italy
Died February 20, 1810 (aged 42) • Mantua • Italy
Role In Napoleonic Wars

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Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Horatio Nelson
British naval commander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
prime minister of Great Britain
Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich
Austrian statesman
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
Fredrik Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Karl August, Fürst von Hardenberg
Karl August von Hardenberg
Prussian statesman
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
Argentine revolutionary
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
Prussian general
George Canning, painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard Evans; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
George Canning
British statesman
Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
English explorer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Jacques Soustelle
French anthropologist and politician
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general [1762–1806]
Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte
king of Westphalia
Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
French admiral
Dominique-René Vandamme, count of Unebourg
French general