André Masséna

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André Masséna was a prominent French military commander and one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most celebrated marshals, renowned for his strategic skill during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French military commander
Marshal of the Empire
human
allegiance First French Empire
French First Republic
awardReceived Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour
Marshal’s baton of the First French Empire
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
commanderOf Army of Italy
Army of Portugal
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1758-05-06
dateOfDeath 1817-04-04
employer French Army
era French Revolutionary era
Napoleonic era
familyName Masséna
givenName André
languageOfWorkOrName French
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank Marshal of the Empire
nativeLanguage French
nickname l’Enfant chéri de la Victoire
nobleTitle Duke of Rivoli
Prince of Essling
notableFor service as one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most celebrated marshals
strategic skill in defensive and offensive operations
notableWork command at the Battle of Bussaco (1810)
command at the Battle of Zürich (1799)
command in the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
command in the Peninsular War
defense of Genoa in 1800
operations against the Lines of Torres Vedras
participantIn Battle of Rivoli
Battle of Zürich
French Revolutionary Wars
Invasion of Portugal (1810)
Italian campaigns of 1796–1797
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Siege of Genoa (1800)
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
placeOfBirth County of Nice
Nice
placeOfDeath France
Paris
residence Paris
sexOrGender male


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