COMMANDER // 1781–1824
Eugène de Beauharnais
Lifespan
1781 – 1824
Active service 1809–1814 — 15 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 28.
Profile
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte. Under the French Empire, he also became Napoleon's adopted son. He was Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy under his stepfather, from 1805 to 1814, and commanded the Army of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. Historians consider him one of Napoleon's most able relatives.
Battles (15)
1809
Battle of CaldieroWar of the Fifth Coalition · French Empire
1809
Battle of Piave RiverWar of the Fifth Coalition · First French Empire
1809
Battle of RaabWar of the Fifth Coalition · French Empire
1809
Battle of SacileWar of the Fifth Coalition · First French Empire
1809
Battle of TarvisWar of the Fifth Coalition · First French Empire
1809
1809
1812
1812
1812
Battle of MaloyaroslavetsFrench invasion of Russia · French Empire
1812
Battle of VyazmaFrench invasion of Russia · French Empire
1812
French invasion of RussiaNapoleonic Wars · French Empire
1813
Battle of CaldieroWar of the Sixth Coalition · French Empire
1813
1814
Battle of the Mincio RiverWar of the Sixth Coalition · First French Empire