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COMMANDER // 1765–1840

Jacques MacDonald

Marshal of FranceFrance10 battles6 wars

Lifespan

1765 – 1840

17701780179018001810182018301840French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Fifth Coalition · 1809Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Tournay — May 22, 1794 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Modena — June 12, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Trebbia — January 1, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Wagram — July 5, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Cervera — October 4, 1811 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Pla — January 15, 1811 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Saint-Dizier — March 26, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1794–1814 — 10 battles across 6 wars; first command at age 29.

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Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, 1st duc de Tarente, was a Marshal of the Empire and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles (10)

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