Maréchal de France

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French military rank military rank

Maréchal de France is the highest military rank in France, historically bestowed as an exceptional honor on distinguished generals for outstanding leadership and service.

Aliases (1)

Marshal of France ×13

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French military rank → military rank →
appointmentAuthority	President of the French Republic →
country	France →
equivalentRank	Field Marshal (United Kingdom) → Generalfeldmarschall (Germany) → Marechal (Brazil) → Marechal (Portugal) →
genderForm	Maréchale de France →
highestRankIn	French Armed Forces → French Army →
historicalPeriodOfUse	Ancien Régime → Fifth Republic → First French Empire → Fourth Republic → Third Republic →
honorType	lifetime title →
insigniaFeature	baton of marshal → seven stars →
languageOfName	French →
lastConferredOn	Marie-Pierre Kœnig →
lastConferredYear	1984 →
legalNature	dignity and not a rank in peacetime →
literalMeaning	Marshal of France →
notableHolder	André Masséna → Ferdinand Foch → Hubert Lyautey → Jean de Lattre de Tassigny NERFINISHED → Louis-Nicolas Davout → Maurice de Saxe → Michel Ney → Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED → Philippe Pétain → Turenne →
promotionBasis	exceptional service to France → outstanding military leadership →
rankAbove	Général d’armée →
rankClass	marshal →
serviceBranch	French Armed Forces → French Army →
status	dignity of the State → exceptional rank →
typicalHolder	army general → general officer →
usedInConflict	Franco-Prussian War → Napoleonic Wars → World War I → World War II →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alphonse Juin ("Marshal of France") → Anne Hilarion de Tourville → Ferdinand Foch ("Marshal of France") → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne ("Marshal of France") → Jérôme Bonaparte ("Marshal of France") → Marshal Tallard ("Marshal of France") →	positionHeld
Alphonse Juin ("Marshal of France") → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne ("Marshal of France") → Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ("Marshal of France") →	militaryRank
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ("Marshal of France") →	hasHonorificTitle
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →	hasTitle
Marshal of Poland ("Marshal of France") →	isComparableTo
Battle of Steinkirk (1692) ("Marshal of France") →	primaryFrenchCommanderRank
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi ("Marshal of France") →	rank
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard ("Marshal of France") →	titleHeld