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    Claude-Victor Perrin

    French soldier and military commander

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  1. Claude-Victor Perrin, Duke of Belluno (French pronunciation: [klod viktɔʁ pɛʁɛ̃]; 7 December 1764 – 1 March 1841) was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1807 by Emperor Napoleon I.

  2. Apr 12, 2024 · Claude Victor-Perrin, duke de Bellune was a leading French general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, who was created marshal of France in 1807. In 1781 he entered the army as a private soldier and, after 10 years’ service, received his discharge and settled at Valence.

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  3. One of the most brilliant military men serving Napoleon. He fought on all fronts, intervening at two strategic moments: at Marengo (June 14, 1800) and on the banks of the Berezina river (November 17, 1812). At seventeen, Victor was drummer-boy in an artillery regiment in Grenoble.

  4. Biography of Marshal Claude Victor Perrin (1764-1841): Talented general who was awarded his marshal's baton by Napoleon after Friedland.

  5. Claude-Victor Perrin, Duke of Belluno (French pronunciation: [klod viktɔʁ pɛʁɛ̃]; 7 December 1764 – 1 March 1841) was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1807 by Emperor Napoleon I.

  6. After Napoleon’s abdication in April 1814, Claude Victor Perrin swore allegiance to the Bourbons. He became commander of the Second Military Division at Mézières. When Napoleon escaped from exile on Elba, the Duke of Belluno did his utmost to prevent the defection of his troops to the Emperor.

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  8. Claude-Victor Perrin was born on December 7, 1764 in Lamarche in the Vosges region of France where his father was a royal baillif in the bailiwick of Bassigny. Between 1781 and 1791, Perrin was a drummer in the artillery regiment in Grenoble.

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