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Born December 31, 1763 • France
Died April 22, 1806 (aged 42) • Rennes • France
Role In Battle of Trafalgar • Napoleonic Wars
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Fredrik Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general [1762–1806]
Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
Dominique-René Vandamme, count of Unebourg
French general
Henri, baron de Jomini
Henri, baron de Jomini
French general and historian
Louis-Nicolas Davout, duc d'Auerstedt
Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt
French general
Jacques Macdonald, duc de Tarente.
Jacques Macdonald, duke de Tarente
French general
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
François-Joseph Lefebvre, duke de Dantzig
French general
Claude Victor-Perrin, duke de Bellune
French general
Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Armand, marquis de Caulaincourt
French general
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, duke de Dalmatie
French military leader
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral

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