
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 211 years ago |
Date of birth | August 6,1768 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Prayssac |
France | |
Date of died | May 1,1813 |
Died | Weisenfels |
Germany | |
Rank | Marshal of the Empire |
Children | Napoléon Bessières |
Siblings | Bertrand Bessières |
Battles and wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Napoleonic Wars | |
Job | Soldier |
military personnel | |
Place of burial | Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France |
Current partner | Marie Jeanne de Lapeyrière |
Battleswar | Insurrection of 10 August 1792 |
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ID | 2489021 |
Jean-Baptiste Bessières Life story
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st Duke of Istria, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a divisional general.