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Born December 31, 1763 • France
Died April 22, 1806 (aged 42) • Rennes • France
Role In Battle of Trafalgar • Napoleonic Wars
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Fredrik Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
French general [1762–1806]
Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
Dominique-René Vandamme, count of Unebourg
French general
Henri, baron de Jomini
Henri, baron de Jomini
French general and historian
Jacques Macdonald, duc de Tarente.
Jacques Macdonald, duke de Tarente
French general
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
François-Joseph Lefebvre, duke de Dantzig
French general
Claude Victor-Perrin, duke de Bellune
French general
Armand, marquis de Caulaincourt
French general
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, duke de Dalmatie
French military leader
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Wagram
marshal of France
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, count d’Erlon
French marshal

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