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Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Marshal of the EmpireFranceFrench Empire34 battles6 wars

Lifespan

1769 – 1851

1775180018251850War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Frauenfeld — May 25, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Muottental — September 30, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionFirst Battle of Zurich — June 7, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSwiss Campaign of Suvorov — September 21, 1799 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Sassello — April 10, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSecond Italian Campaign — January 1, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionSiege of Genoa — April 20, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Austerlitz — December 2, 1805 · French Empire · War of the Third CoalitionUlm Campaign — September 25, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Jena–Auerstedt — October 14, 1806 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Lübeck — November 7, 1806 · France · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Allenstein — February 3, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Eylau — February 7, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Guttstadt-Deppen — June 7, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Burgos — November 10, 1808 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Mansilla — December 30, 1808 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Arzobispo — August 8, 1809 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Braga — March 20, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Corunna — January 16, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Grijó — May 10, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Ocaña — November 19, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Valle de Monterrey — March 6, 1809 · French Empire · Peninsular WarFirst Battle of Porto — March 28, 1809 · French Empire · Peninsular WarSecond Battle of Porto — May 12, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarSiege of Cádiz — February 5, 1810 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Albuera — May 16, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of the Gebora — February 19, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Zujar — August 9, 1811 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Nivelle — November 10, 1813 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of San Marcial — August 31, 1813 · France · Peninsular WarGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionHundred Days — March 20, 1815 · France · Napoleonic Wars

Active service 1799–1815 — 34 battles across 6 wars; first command at age 30.

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Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French military commander and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President of the Council of Ministers of France. Soult is referred to as one of the outstanding military commanders of the modern era.

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Battles (34)

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