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COMMANDER // 1768–1835

Édouard Mortier

Marshal of the EmpireFranceFrench Empire16 battles7 wars

Lifespan

1768 – 1835

1770178017901800181018201830War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Peninsular War · 1808-1814French invasion of Russia · 1812War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Muottental — September 30, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSecond Battle of Zurich — September 25, 1799 · French Republic · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Dürenstein — November 11, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionUlm Campaign — September 25, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Friedland — June 14, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsSiege of Kolberg — March 1, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionSiege of Stralsund, 1807 — January 30, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsSecond Siege of Zaragoza — December 20, 1808 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of the Gebora — February 19, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Krasnoi — November 15, 1812 · France · French invasion of RussiaFrench invasion of Russia — June 24, 1812 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Gué-à-Tresmes — February 28, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionFirst Battle of Bar-sur-Aube — January 24, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1799–1814 — 16 battles across 7 wars; first command at age 31.

Profile

Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He served as Minister of War and Prime Minister of France from 1834 to 1835. He was one of 18 people killed in 1835 during Giuseppe Marco Fieschi's assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe I.

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Battles (16)

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