Marshal Jourdan

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Marshal Jourdan was a prominent French military commander of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his role in key campaigns and eventual elevation to Marshal of France.

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instanceOf French military commander
human
allegiance First French Empire NERFINISHED
French First Republic NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies NERFINISHED
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour NERFINISHED
Marshal of France
battle 1796 campaign on the Rhine and Danube
Battle of Fleurus (1794) NERFINISHED
Battle of Novi (1799) NERFINISHED
Battle of Stockach (1799) NERFINISHED
Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED
Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED
Battle of Wattignies NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1762-04-29
dateOfDeath 1833-11-23
era French Revolution NERFINISHED
Napoleonic era NERFINISHED
familyName Jourdan NERFINISHED
givenName Jean-Baptiste NERFINISHED
hasOccupation politician
soldier
militaryBranch French Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank Marshal of the Empire
general
nobleTitle Count of the Empire
Marshal Jourdan NERFINISHED
notableFor being created Marshal of France by Napoleon in 1804
leading French forces to victory at Fleurus in 1794
notableWork command in the 1796–1797 German campaign
command of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
participation in the Peninsular War
service as chief of staff to Joseph Bonaparte in Spain
victory at the Battle of Fleurus (1794)
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War NERFINISHED
War of the First Coalition NERFINISHED
War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld Marshal of the Empire
governor of Grenoble
member of the Chamber of Peers of France
military governor of Paris (briefly, 1814)
sexOrGender male

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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan honorificTitle Marshal Jourdan