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Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Marshal of the EmpireFranceFrench Empire13 battles7 wars

Lifespan

1768 – 1813

17701780179018001810War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Fifth Coalition · 1809French invasion of Russia · 1812War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Austerlitz — December 2, 1805 · French Empire · War of the Third CoalitionUlm Campaign — September 25, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Czarnowo — December 23, 1806 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Jena–Auerstedt — October 14, 1806 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Eylau — February 7, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Friedland — June 14, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Medina de Rioseco — July 14, 1808 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Aspern-Essling — May 21, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Wagram — July 5, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionWalcheren Campaign — December 9, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Krasnoi — November 15, 1812 · France · French invasion of RussiaFrench invasion of Russia — June 24, 1812 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1805–1813 — 13 battles across 7 wars; first command at age 37.

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Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duc d'Istrie was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon in 1804.

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Battles (13)

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