- Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French Army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its final year, 1918. Shortly after the start of the Spring Offensive, Germany's final attempt to win the war, … - Joachim Murat
Joachim Napoléon Murat, King of Naples and Sicily, Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves (Italian: Gioacchino Murat; March 25, 1767 - October 13, 1815), Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg, Marshal of France, was King of Naples and Sicily from 1808 to 1815. He received his titles in part by being the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte. - Michel Ney
Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskowa (January 10 1769 - December 7 1815), known as "Le Rougeaud" ("red faced" or "ruddy") by his men and "le Brave des Braves" ("the bravest of the brave") was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I. - Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 - July 27, 1675) achieved military fame and became a Marshal of France. He was the most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family. He was one of six marshals who has been made Marshal General of France. - Joseph Joffre
Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre was a Catalan French general who was Commander-in-Chief of the French Army between 1914 and 1916 during World War I. He is most known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in 1914. His popularity led to his nickname "Papa Joffre". - Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French general, later Chief of State of Vichy France ("Chef de l'État Français"), from 1940 to 1944. Due to his military leadership in World War I, he was viewed as a hero in France, but his actions during World War II resulted in a conviction and death sentence for treason, … - André Masséna
André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is considered by military historians as one of the greatest field commanders in history and is often ranked among generals of his generation second only to Napoleon himself. Napoleon said of Masséna: he was "the greatest name of my military Empire." According to Donald D. Horward, … - Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Pierre Juin was a Marshal of France. Juin was born at Annaba in Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1912. In 1914 he was in Morocco, in command of native troops there. Upon the outbreak of World War I, he was sent to the Western Front in France where he was gravely wounded in 1915. As a result of this wound, he lost the use of his right arm. In 1938, Juin was nominated to command a brigade. - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 - 11 January 1952) was a French military hero of World War II. Born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds, he graduated from school in 1911, and fought in World War I. He specialized in cavalry, and was made head of the French War College in 1935. When war was declared in 1939, he commanded the French 14th Infantry Division until the armistice with the Axis troops. - Thomas Robert Bugeaud
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marquis de la Piconnerie, Duc d'Isly (October 15, 1784 - June 10, 1849), was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria. - Hubert Lyautey
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (November 17, 1854 - July 27, 1934) was a French general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France. - Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello (April 11, 1769 - May 31, 1809), Marshal of France, was born at Lectoure, Gers. Jean Lannes was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"." - Maurice de Saxe
Maurice, comte de Saxe (German Moritz Graf von Sachsen) (28 October, 1696 - 20 November, 1750), Marshal of France and later also Marshal General of France. - Louis Nicolas Davout
Louis Nicolas d'Avout, better known as Davout, Duc d'Auerstaedt, prince d'Eckmühl, was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era. Because of his prodigious talent for war and his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, he was also known as the "Iron Marshal". He was the only Napoleonic Marshal to finish his military career undefeated in battle. During his lifetime, Davout's name was commonly spelled "Davoust", … - Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban, commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them. He also advised Louis XIV on how to consolidate France's borders, to make them more defensible. - Nicolas Jean De Dieu Soult
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie (March 29, 1769 - November 26, 1851), "the Hand of Iron", was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of France in 1804. He was one of only six officers in French history to be promoted to the rank of Marshal General of France and he also served as Prime Minister of France three times. - Louis Alexandre Berthier
Louis Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel, marshal of France, Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff under Napoleon, was born at Versailles. As a boy he was instructed in the military art by his father, an officer of the "Corps de genie" (Engineer Corps), and at the age of seventeen he entered the army, serving successively in the staff, the engineers and the prince de Lambesq's dragoons. - Man In The Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner held in a number of prisons, including the Bastille, during the reign of Louis XIV of France. The identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed, mainly because no one ever saw his face as it was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth, which later re-tellings of the story have said to have been an iron mask. What facts are known about this prisoner are based mainly on correspondence between his jailer and his superiors in Paris - Józef Antoni Poniatowski
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of France. - Pierre Augereau
Charles Pierre François Augereau, duc de Castiglione was a French soldier and military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was a Marshal of France. - Anne de Montmorency
Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency, KG (March 15, 1493-November 12, 1567), was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France. - Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia (1807-1813). After 1848, when his nephew Louis Napoleon became President of the French Republic, he served in several official roles. Jérôme was born Girolamo di Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica as the eighth and last surviving child, fifth surviving son, of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. He was a younger brother of Joseph Bonaparte, … - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste, comte Jourdan, was a marshal of France. He was born at Limoges, France, and apprenticed to a silk merchant of Lyon. In 1776 he enlisted in a French regiment to serve in the American War of Independence, and after being invalided in 1784 he married and set up in business at Limoges. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he volunteered, and as a subaltern took part in the first campaigns in the north of France. - Victor-François 2nd duc de Broglie
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie was a French aristocrat and soldier and a marshal of France. He served with his father, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy. In the War of the Austrian Succession he took part in the storming of Prague in 1742, and was made a brigadier. In 1744 and 1745 he saw further service on the Rhine, and he succeeded his father as duc de Broglie on the old duke's death in 1745. - Charles de Rohan prince de Soubise
Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, duke of Rohan-Rohan, seigneur of Roberval, and marshal of France from 1758, was a military man, a minister to the kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, and a notorious libertine. The last male of his branch of the House of Rohan, he was also the great grandfather to the duc d'Enghien, executed by Napoleon in 1804. The prince was born at Versailles on the 16 of January, 1715, the son of Jules François Louis de Rohan, prince de Soubise, … - James Fitzjames 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (21 August 1670 - 12 June 1734) was a French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. In 1695 he married Honora Burke, the widow of the 1st Earl of Lucan, who died in 1698. His second marriage, with Anne Bulkeley, took place in 1700. FitzJames was born at Moulins in France before his father's accession to the throne, … - Jean Le Maingre
Jean II Le Maingre (in Old French, Jehan le Meingre), called Boucicaut (August 28, 1366-June 21, 1421) was marshal of France and a knight renowned for his military skill. He was the son of marshal Jean I Le Maingre, also called Boucicaut. He became a page at the court of Charles VI of France, and at the age of 12 he accompanied Louis II, Duke of Bourbon in a campaign against Normandy. - Jean Victor Marie Moreau
Jean Victor Marie Moreau (February 14, 1763 - September 2, 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States. - Claude Louis Hector de Villars
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 last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in French military history, one of only six Marshals that have been promoted to Marshal General of France. - Achille Baraguey D'Hilliers
Louis-Achille, comte Baraguey d'Hilliers was a Marshal of France and politician. Baraguey d'Hilliers was born in Paris, the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers. He was educated at the Prytanée National Militaire and joined the French army and took part in the Russian campaign of 1812, in 1813 he served as aide-de-camp to Marshal Marmont in the battle of Möckern, where he lost his left hand. - Étienne Maurice Gérard
Étienne Maurice Gérard, comte Gérard was a French general and statesman. - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. The son of a lawyer, he was born at Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze. Brune settled in Paris before the French Revolution, studied law, and became a political journalist. Following the French Revolution he joined the Cordeliers and was a friend of Georges Danton. - Philippe Henri marquis de Ségur
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur was a marshal of France. Son of Henri François, comte de Ségur, and his wife Anglique de Froissy, he was appointed to the command of an infantry regiment at eighteen, and served under his father in Italy and Bohemia. He was wounded at Roucoux in Flanders in October 1746, and lost an arm at Lauffeld in 1747. - Jean-Baptiste Budes Comte de Guébriant
Jean-Baptiste Budes, comte de Guébriant, marshal of France, was born at Plessis-Budes, near St Brieuc, of an old Bretons family. He served first in the Netherlands, and in the Thirty Years' War he commanded from 1638 to 1639 the French contingent in the army of his friend Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, distinguishing himself particularly at the siege of Breisach in 1638. Upon the death of Bernard he received the command of his army, and tried, … - Georges Mouton
Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau (February 21, 1770 - November 21, 1838) was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. - François de Bassompierre
François de Bassompierre (April 12, 1579, Lorraine - October 12, 1646), was a French courtier. The son of Christophe de Bassompierre (1547-1596), he was born at the castle of Haroué in Lorraine. He was descended from an old family which had for generations served the dukes of Burgundy and Lorraine, and after being educated with his brothers in Bavaria and Italy, was introduced to the court of King Henry IV of France in 1598. - Louis Gabriel Suchet
Louis Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albufera da Valencia (March 2, 1770 - January 3, 1826), Marshal of France, one of the most brilliant of Napoleon's generals. - Auguste Marmont
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, Duc de Ragusa was a French general and nobleman, and Marshal of France. He was the son of an ex-officer in the army who belonged to the petite noblesse and adopted the principles of the Revolution. His love of soldiering soon showed itself, and his father took him to Dijon to learn mathematics prior to entering the artillery, and there he made the acquaintance of Napoleon Bonaparte, … - Elie Frédéric Forey
Élie Frédéric Forey was a Marshal of France. - Philippe Antoine D'Ornano
Comte Philippe Antoine d’Ornano was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was made "Count d'Ornan of the French Empire" in 1808. He was born a son of Lodovico Antonio Ornano and Isabella Maria Buonaparte, making him a second cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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