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Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Jean Lannes, bound out as an apprentice dyer, ran away to join the army of the Revolution. Always eager for action and leading from the front, he was much wounded and much promoted. Napoleon revered him.
Known as one of the few true friends to Napoleon, Jean Lannes began his military career by joining the National Guard in 1792. Elected as a sous-lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion of Volunteers of Gers, he first saw action in 1793 against Spain in the Pyrenees.
May 27, 2024 · Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello (born April 10/11, 1769, Lectoure, France—died May 31, 1809, Vienna, Austrian Empire) was a French general who, despite his humble origins, rose to the rank of marshal of the First Empire. Napoleon said of him, “I found him a pygmy and left him a giant.”.
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Jean Lannes, 1er duc de Montebello, né le 10 avril 1769 à Lectoure ( Occitanie) et mort le 31 mai 1809 sur l'île de Lobau, en Autriche, à la suite des blessures reçues à la bataille d'Essling, est un général français de la Révolution et de l'Empire, élevé à la dignité de maréchal d'Empire en 1804 et inhumé au Panthéon en 1810.
On this episode of Napoleon's Marshals, we will be diving into the Emperor's close friend and confident Jean Lannes, the Count of Montebello.
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Jean Lannes D, Duc de Montebello, Marshal (1804) (Born Lectoure, Gers, 1769 - Died Vienna, 1809) Lannes, whose bravery is legendary, may well be Napoleon's best friend. The latter forgives him his frank, sometimes brutal manners, his lack of education.
