Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Former Minister of War of France
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of 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... Wikipedia
Born: November 20, 1753, Versailles, France
Died: June 1, 1815 (age 61 years), Bamberg, Germany
Books: An Account of the French Expedition in Egypt; Written by Buonaparte and Berthier; with Sir W. Sidney Smith's Letters. To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing the Life of Buonaparte, Down to Nov. 1799; and Anecdotes of Sieyes, in which is Given a Sketch of the Revolution, ... Second Edition, General Berthier's Narrative of the French Expedition Into Syria, 1799: Together with Letters from General Bonaparte and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, Battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805, and more
Grandchildren: Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram and Malcy Berthier de Wagram
Great grandchildren: Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince of Wagram, Eugénie Murat, Elisabeth Berthier de Wagram, and more
Previous offices: Minister of War of France (1800–1807) and Minister of War of France (1799–1800)
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