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COMMANDER // 1753–1815

Louis-Alexandre Berthier

Marshal of the EmpireFranceFrance7 battles4 wars

Lifespan

1753 – 1815

176017701780179018001810War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815French invasion of Russia · 1812Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars — April 20, 1792 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Vihiers — July 18, 1793 · Republican France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Lodi — May 10, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Rivoli — January 14, 1797 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Marengo — June 14, 1800 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Eylau — February 7, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Krasnoi — November 15, 1812 · France · French invasion of Russia

Active service 1792–1812 — 7 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 39.

Profile

Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War of France and was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804. Berthier served as chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte from his first Italian campaign in 1796 until his first abdication in 1814. The operational efficiency of the Grande Armée owed much to his considerable administrative and organizational skills.

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Battles (7)

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