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The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, not a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
. It is granted to general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
s for exceptional achievements.






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The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, not a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
. It is granted to general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
s for exceptional achievements. It was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France
Great Officers of the Crown of France

The Great Officers of the Crown were the most important wikt:officers of state of the royal court in France during the Ancien R?gime and Bourbon Restoration....
 during the Ancien Régime
Ancien Régime

Ancien R?gime refers primarily to the aristocracy, sociology, and politics system established in France under the Valois Dynasty and House of Bourbon dynasties ....
 and Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration

Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814, the Allies restored the House of Bourbon to the France throne. The ensuing period is called the Restoration, following French usage, and is characterized by a sharp conservative reaction and the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church as a power in French politics....
 and one of the Great Dignitaries of the Empire
Great Officers of the Crown of France

The Great Officers of the Crown were the most important wikt:officers of state of the royal court in France during the Ancien R?gime and Bourbon Restoration....
 during the First French Empire
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
 (when the title was not "Marshal of France" but "Marshal of the Empire").

A Marshal of France displays seven stars. The marshal also receives a baton
Baton (symbol)

The word baton, from the French b?ton , has been used in English at least since 1590 to indicate a type of formal attribute of office in the shape of a rather short stick, shorter than a staff, not for use but an ornate symbol of authority, often worn with a uniform....
, a blue cylinder with stars, formerly fleurs-de-lis
Fleur-de-lis

The fleur-de-lis is a stylized design of either an Iris or a Lilium that is now used purely decoratively as well as symbolically, or it may be "at one and the same time political, dynasty, artistic, emblematic and symbolic", especially in heraldry....
 during the monarchy and Eagles
Eagle

Eagles are large bird of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several Genus which are not necessarily closely related to each other....
 during the First French Empire. It has the Latin inscription: Terror belli, decus pacis, which means "Terror in war, ornament in peace".

Six Marshals of France have been given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General of France
Marshal General of France

The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal of France governed only one army usually....
: Biron
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron

Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron , son of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, fought brilliantly for the royal party against the Catholic League in the later stages of the French Wars of Religion in France....
, Lesdiguières
François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières

Fran?ois de Bonne, duc de Lesdigui?res was soldier of the French Wars of Religion and Constable of France.He was born at Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, to a family of Civil law notary with pretensions to nobility....
, Turenne
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne,often called simply Turenne was the most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family....
, Villars
Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun was the last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in Military history of France, one of only six Marshal of France that have been promoted to Marshal General of France....
, Saxe
Maurice, comte de Saxe

Maurice, comte de Saxe was a French general who was Marshal of France and later also Marshal General of France....
 and Soult
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult

Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duc de Dalmatia , the Hand of Iron, was a France general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804....
.

History

The title derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément
Alberic Clement

Alb?ric Cl?ment was the first marshal of France under Philip II of France, appointed to that position in 1185. Alberic was the lord of Mez castle in the Gatinais. He accompanied Philip on the Third Crusade but died at Akko on July 3, 1191....
 (circa 1190).

The title was abolished by the National Convention
National Convention

During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative Deliberative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 ....
 in 1793. It was restored during the First French Empire
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
 by Napoleon I as Marshal of the Empire. Under the Bourbon Restoration, the title reverted to Marshal of France and Napoléon III kept that designation.

After the fall of Napoleon III
Napoleon III of France

Napol?on III, also known as Louis-Napol?on Bonaparte was the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second French Empire....
 and the Second French Empire
Second French Empire

The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the French Second Republic and the French Third Republic, in France....
, the Third republic did not use the title until the First World War
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, when it was recreated as a military distinction and not a rank.

Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph P?tain , generally known as Philippe P?tain or Marshal P?tain , was a France general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, later Head of state of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944....
, awarded the distinction of Marshal of France for his generalship in World War I, retained his title even after his trial and imprisonment and after he was stripped of other positions and titles.

The last living Marshal of France was Alphonse Juin
Alphonse Juin

Alphonse Pierre Juin was a Marshal of France....
, promoted in 1952, who died in 1967. The latest Marshal of France was Marie Pierre Koenig
Marie Pierre Koenig

Marie Pierre K?nig was a French Army. He commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942.Marie Pierre K?nig was born on 10 October 1898, in Caen, France....
, who was made a Marshal posthumously in 1984.

Today, the title of Marshal of France can only be granted to a General officer who fought victoriously in war-time.

Direct Capetians
House of Capet

For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...


Six Marshals under Philip II
Philip II of France

Philip II Augustus was the King of France from 1180 until his death. A member of the House of Capet, Philip Augustus was born at Gonesse in the Val-d'Oise, the son of Louis VII of France and his third wife, Ad?le of Champagne....
, 1180 – 1223

  • Albéric Clément
    Alberic Clement

    Alb?ric Cl?ment was the first marshal of France under Philip II of France, appointed to that position in 1185. Alberic was the lord of Mez castle in the Gatinais. He accompanied Philip on the Third Crusade but died at Akko on July 3, 1191....
     (died 1191), Marshal of France in 1185
  • Guillaume de Bournel, (died 1195), Marshal of France in 1192
  • Nivelon d'Arras (died 1204), Marshal of France in 1202
  • Henry I Clément, called the "Little Marshal", Lord of Le Mez and of Argentan
    Argentan

    Argentan is a Communes of France, and the seat of two Canton in France and of an arrondissement in France in the Orne Departments of France in northwestern France....
     (1170 - 1214), Marshal of France in 1204
  • Jean III Clément, Lord of Le Mez and of Argentan (died 1262), Marshal of France in 1214
  • Guillaume de la Tournelle (dates unknown), Marshal of France in 1220


Eight Marshals under Louis IX
Louis IX of France

Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was List of French monarchs from 1226 to his death. He was also Counts of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet and the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile....
, 1226 – 1270

  • Ferry Pasté, Lord of Challeranges (died 1247), Marshal of France in 1240
  • Jean Guillaume de Beaumont (died 1257), Marshal of France in 1250
  • Gauthier III, Lord of Nemours (died 1270), Marshal of France in 1257
  • Henri II Clément, Lord of Le Mez and Argentan (died 1265), Marshal of France in 1262
  • Héric de Beaujeu (died 1270), Marshal of France in 1265
  • Renaud de Précigny (died 1270), Marshal of France in 1265
  • Raoul II Sores
    Raoul II Sores

    Raoul II, called Sores or d'Estr?e, was the marshal of France briefly in 1270 following the death of H?ric de Beaujeu and before being replaced or joined by Lancelot de Saint-Maard....
     (died 1282), Marshal of France in 1270
  • Lancelot de Saint-Maard
    Lancelot de Saint-Maard

    Lancelot de Saint-Maard was the fourteenth marshal of France at the time of the Eighth Crusade in 1270.Lancelot followed Louis IX of France to Africa with five knights in that year....
     (died 1278), Marshal of France in 1270


Four Marshals under Philip III
Philip III of France

Philip III , called the Bold , was the List of French monarchs, succeeding his father, Louis IX of France, and reigning from 1270 to 1285....
, 1270 – 1285

  • Ferry de Verneuil (died 1283), Marshal of France in 1272
  • Guillaume V du Bec Crespin (died 1283), Marshal of France in 1283
  • Jean II d'Harcourt, Viscount of Châtellerault, Lord of Harcourt (died 1302), Marshal of France in 1283
  • Raoul V Le Flamenc (died 1287), Marshal of France in 1285


Six Marshals under Philip IV
Philip IV of France

Philip IV , called the Fair , son and successor of Philip III of France, reigned as List of French monarchs from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was List of Navarrese royal consorts and Counts of Champagne from 1284 to 1305....
, 1285 – 1314

  • Jean de Varennes (died 1292), Marshal of France in 1288
  • Simon de Melun, Lord of La Loupe and of Marcheville (died 1302), Marshal of France in 1290
  • Guy Ier de Clermont de Nesle (died 1302), Marshal of France in 1292
  • Foulques du Merle (died 1314), Marshal of France in 1302
  • Miles VI de Noyers (died 1350), Marshal of France in 1302
  • Jean de Corbeil, Lord of Grez (died 1318), Marshal of France in 1308


One Marshal under Louis X
Louis X of France

Louis X , called the Quarreller, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn , was the List of Navarrese monarchs from 1305 and list of French monarchs from 1314 until his death....
, 1314 – 1316

  • Jean IV de Beaumont (died 1318), Marshal of France in 1315


Three Marshals under Philip V
Philip V of France

Philip V , called the Tall , was List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1316 to his death, and the second to last of the House of Capet....
, 1316 – 1322

  • Mathieu de Trie (died 1344), Marshal of France in 1318
  • Jean des Barres (dates unknown), Marshal of France in 1318
  • Bernard VI de Moreuil, Lord of Moreuil (died 1350), Marshal of France in 1322


One Marshal under Charles IV
Charles IV of France

Charles IV , was the List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs and Count of Champagne from 1322 to his death: he was the last French king of the House of Capet....
, 1322 – 1328

  • Robert-Jean Bertran de Briquebec, Baron of Briquebec, Viscount of Roncheville (1285 - 1348), Marshal of France in 1325


Valois
Valois Dynasty

The House of Valois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet as List of French monarchs from 1328 to 1589. A cadet branch of the family reigned as Duke of Burgundy from 1361 to 1482....


Five Marshals under Philip VI
Philip VI of France

Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the List of French monarchs from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Counts and Dukes of Anjou, Counts and Dukes of Maine, and Count of Valois from 1325 to 1328....
, 1328 – 1350

  • Anseau de Joinville (1265 - 1343), Marshal of France in 1339
  • Charles de Montmorency, Lord of Montmorency (1325 - 1381), Marshal of France in 1344
  • Robert de Waurin, Lord of Saint-Venant (died 1360), Marshal of France in 1344
  • Guy II de Nesle, Lord of Offémont and of Mello (died 1352), Marshal of France in 1345
  • Édouard de Beaujeu, Lord of Châteauneuf (1316 - 1351), Marshal of France in 1347


Four Marshals under Jean II (English: John II
John II of France

John II , called John the Good , was Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, and Duke of Normandy from 1332, Count of Poitiers from 1344, Duke of Aquitaine from 1345, and King of France from 1350 until his death, as well as Duke of Burgundy from 1361 to 1363....
) 1350 – 1364

  • Arnoul d'Audrehem
    Arnoul d'Audrehem

    Arnoul d'Audrehem was a France soldier.He was born at Audrehem, in the present arrondissement of Saint-Omer, in the d?partement in France of Pas de Calais....
    , Lord of Audrehem (died 1370), Marshal of France in 1351
  • Rogues de Hangest, Lord of Avesnecourt (died 1352), Marshal of France in 1352
  • Jean de Clermont, Lord of Chantilly and of Beaumont (died 1356), Marshal of France in 1352
  • Jean I Le Maingre (1310 - 1367), Marshal of France in 1356


Two Marshals under Charles V
Charles V of France

Charles V , called the Wise, was List of French monarchs from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Br?tigny....
, 1364 – 1380

  • Jean IV de Mauquenchy, Lord of Blainville (died 1391), Marshal of France in 1368
  • Louis de Sancerre, Count of Sancerre (1342 - 1402), Marshal of France in 1369


Nine Marshals under Charles VI
Charles VI of France

Charles VI , called the Well-loved and the Mad , was the List of French monarchs from 1380 to 1399, as a member of the House of Valois....
, 1380 – 1422

  • Jean II Le Meingre
    Jean Le Maingre

    Jean II Le Maingre , called Boucicaut was marshal of France and a knight renowned for his military skill.He was the son of marshal Jean I Le Maingre, also called Boucicaut....
     (1364 - 1421), Marshal of France in 1391
  • Jean II de Rieux, Lord of Rochefort and of Rieux (1342 - 1417), Marshal of France in 1397
  • Pierre de Rieux, Lord of Rochefort and of Rieux (1389 - 1439), Marshal of France in 1417
  • Claude de Beauvoir, Lord of Chastellux and Viscount of Avallon (1385 - 1453), Marshal of France in 1418
  • Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1384 - 1437), Marshal of France in 1418
  • Jacques de Montberon, Lord of Engoumois (died 1422), Marshal of France in 1418
  • Gilbert Motier de La Fayette
    Gilbert Motier de La Fayette

    Gilbert Motier de La Fayette , Marshal of France was brought up at the court of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon. He served under Jean Le Maingre in Italy, and on his return to France after the evacuation of Genoa in 1409 became seneschal of the Bourbonnais....
     (1396 - 1464), Marshal of France in 1421
  • Antoine de Vergy (died 1439), Marshal of France in 1422
  • Jean de La Baume, Count of Montrevel-en-Bresse (died 1435), Marshal of France in 1422


Six Marshals under Charles VII
Charles VII of France

File:Charles VII Franc a cheval 1422 1423.jpgCharles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was List of French monarchs from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent ruled much of France from Paris....
, 1422 – 1461

  • Amaury de Séverac, Lord of Beaucaire and of Chaude-Aigues (died 1427), Marshal of France in 1424
  • Jean de Brosse
    Jean de Brosse

    Jean de Brosse , Lord of Boussac, Sainte-S?v?re, Huriel, and Perugia was a councillor and chamberlain to Charles VII of France; he was made a Marshal of France in 1426....
    , Baron of Boussac and of Sainte-Sévère (1375 - 1433), Marshal of France in 1426
  • Gilles de Rais
    Gilles de Rais

    Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, Baron of Rais, Count of Brienne, also known as Gilles de Rais , nicknamed Bluebeard , was Marshal of France and one-time companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, but is perhaps best known as a prolific serial killer of the Middle Ages....
    , Lord of Ingrande and of Champtocé (1404 - 1440), Marshal of France in 1429
  • André de Laval-Montmorency
    André de Laval-Montmorency

    Andr? de Laval-Montmorency, seigneur de Loh?ac was a Marshal of France. He was the son of Guy XIII de Laval and Anne de Laval .In 1423 he served in the French army against England, and in 1428 was taken prisoner by John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, after the capitulation of Laval, Quebec, which he was defending....
    , Lord of Lohéac and of Retz (1408 - 1486), Marshal of France in 1439
  • Philippe de Culant
    Philippe de Culant

    Philippe de Culant was a France nobleman and soldier of the Hundred Years' War.He was a nephew of Louis de Culant, Admiral of France, and the brother of Charles de Culant, and related to Jean de Brosse by marriage....
    , Lord of Jaloignes, of La Croisette, of Saint-Armand and of Chalais (died 1454), Marshal of France in 1441
  • Jean Poton de Xaintrailles
    Jean Poton de Xaintrailles

    Jean Poton de Xaintrailles , a minor noble of Gascony origin, was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc. He served as master of the royal stables, as royal bailiff in Berry and as seneschal of Limousin ....
    , Seneschal de Limousin (1390 - 1461), Marshal of France in 1454


Four Marshals under Louis XI
Louis XI of France

Louis XI , called the Prudent and the Universal Spider or the Spider King, was the List of French monarchs from 1461 to 1483....
, 1461 – 1483

  • Joachim Rouhault de Gamaches, Lord of Boismenard (died 1478), Marshal of France in 1461
  • Jean de Lescun
    Jean de Lescun

    Jean de Lescun of Armagnac , known as ?the bastard of Armagnac?, was an ally of king Louis XI of France from before his ascension to the throne....
    , Count of Comminges (died 1473), Marshal of France in 1461
  • Wolfart VI Van Borselleen, Lord of Vère in Holland and Earl of Buchan in Scotland (died 1487), Marshal of France in 1464
  • Pierre de Rohan de Gié, Lord of Rohan (1450 - 1514), Marshal of France in 1476


Two Marshals under Charles VIII
Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was List of French monarchs from 1483 to his death. Charles was a member of the House of Valois. His invasion of Italy initiated the long series of Italian Wars which characterized the first half of the 16th century....
, 1483 – 1498

  • Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes (1418 - 1494), Marshal of France in 1486
  • Jean de Baudricourt, Lord of Choiseul and Bailiff of Chaumont (died 1499), Marshal of France in 1486


Valois-Orléans


Four Marshals under Louis XII
Louis XII of France

Louis XII , called "the Father of the People" was the thirty-fifth List of French monarchs of France and the sole monarch from the House of Valois Cadet branch of the House of Valois....
, 1498 – 1515

  • Jacques de Trivulce, Marquis of Vigevano (1448 - 1518), Marshal of France in 1499
  • Charles d'Amboise
    Charles d'Amboise

    Charles d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont was the France governor of Milan during the reign of Louis XII of France, and a French commander during the War of the League of Cambrai....
    , Lord of Chaumont, of Meillan and of Charenton (1473 - 1511), Marshal of France in 1506
  • Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec
    Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec

    Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec was a France military leader. He gained the reputation of a gallant and able soldier, but this scarcely seems to be justified by the facts; though he was always badly used by fortune....
    , Viscount of Lautrec (1485 - 1528), Marshal of France in 1511
  • Robert Stewart, Lord of Aubigny
    Robert Stewart, Lord of Aubigny

    Robert Stewart , Duke of Aubigny, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger, was a France soldier belonging to the family of Stewart of Darnley.Robert was a grandson of Alan Stewart and inherited the Lordship of Aubigny through his marriage to his cousin Anne Stewart, daughter of Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny ....
    , Count of Lennox (1470 - 1544), Marshal of France in 1514


Valois-Angoulême


Twelve Marshals under François I (English: Francis I
Francis I of France

Francis I , was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547.Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch....
) 1515 – 1547

  • Jacques II de Chabannes
    Jacques de la Palice

    Jacques de la Palice or la Palisse was a France nobleman and military officer. His full name and titles are Jacques II de Chabannes, Lord of Lapalisse, of Pacy, of Chauverothe, of Bort-le-Comte and of H?ron....
    , Lord of La Palice (died 1525), Marshal of France in 1515
  • Gaspard I de Coligny
    Gaspard I de Coligny

    Gaspard I de Coligny , known as the Marshal of Ch?tillon, was a French soldier. He served in the Italian Wars from 1495 to 1515, and was created Marshal of France in 1516....
    , Lord of Chatillon-sur-Loing (died 1522), Marshal of France in 1516
  • Thomas de Foix-Lescun
    Thomas de Foix-Lescun

    Thomas de Foix-Lescun , commonly known as Lescun, was the brother of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, and a France commander during the Italian War of 1521....
     (died 1525), Marshal of France in 1518
  • Anne I de Montmorency
    Anne de Montmorency

    Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency, List of honorary British Knights , was a France soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France....
    , Duke of Montmorency and of Damville, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Dammartin, Viscount of Melun, first Baron of France and Grand Master, Constable of France
    Constable of France

    The Constable of France , as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France and Commander in Chief of the army....
     etc. (1492 - 1567), Marshal of France in 1522
  • Théodor Trivulce (1458 - 1531), Marshal of France in 1526
  • Robert III de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon, Lord of Sedan (1491 - 1537), Marshal of France in 1526
  • Claude d'Ailly, Seigneur d'Annebaut (died 1500), Marshal of France in 1538
  • Claude d'Annebaut (1500 - 1552), Marshal of France in 1538
  • René de Montjean (died 1538), Lord of Montjean, Marshal of France in 1538
  • Oudard du Biez, Seigneur of Le Biez (died 1553), Marshal of France in 1542
  • Antoine de Lettes-Desprez, Lord of Montpezat (1490 - 1544), Marshal of France in 1544
  • Jean Caraccioli, Prince of Melphes (1480 - 1550), Marshal of France in 1544


Five Marshals under Henri II (English: Henry II
Henry II of France

Henry II , of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I of France, was King of France from 31 March 1547, until his death....
) 1547 – 1559

  • Jacques d'Albon de Saint-André, Marquis of Fronsac (died 1562), Marshal of France 1547
  • Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon and Prince of Sedan (1520 - 1556), Marshal of France in 1547
  • Charles I de Cossé, Count of Brissac (1505 - 1563), Marshal of France in 1550
  • Pietro Strozzi, (1500 - 1558), Marshal of France in 1554
  • Paul de La Barthe, Lord of Thermes (1482 - 1558), Marshal of France in 1558


One Marshal under François II (English: Francis II
Francis II of France

Francis II...
) 1559 – 1560

  • François de Montmorency
    François de Montmorency

    Fran?ois, Duc de Montmorency , was the eldest son of the first Duc de Montmorency, Anne de Montmorency.He was Duke of Montmorency, Count of Dammartin, Baron of Chateaubriant and Lord of L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise....
    , Duke of Montmorency (1520 - 1563), Marshal of France in 1559


Five Marshals under Charles IX
Charles IX of France

Charles IX born Charles-Maximilien, was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. He is best known as king at the time of the St....
, 1560 – 1574

  • François de Scépeaux
    François de Scépeaux

    Fran?ois de Sc?peaux de Vieille-Ville Seigneurie of Vieilleville, 1st comte of Durtal, was a French governor, diplomat, ambassador, Conseil du roi de France and marshal of France under king Francis I of France....
    , Lord of Vieilleville (1509 - 1571), Marshal of France in 1562
  • Imbert de La Plâtrière, Lord of Bourdillon (1524 - 1567), Marshal of France in 1564
  • Henri I de Montmorency, Lord of Damville, Duke of Montmorency, Count of Dammartin and Alais, Baron of Chateaubriant, Lord of Chantilly and Ecouen (1534 - 1614), Marshal of France in 1566
  • Artus de Cossé-Brissac, Lord of Gonnor and Count of Secondigny (died 1582), Marshal of France in 1567
  • Gaspard de Saulx
    Gaspard de Saulx

    Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes was a France military leader during the Italian Wars and the French Wars of Religion....
    , Lord of Tavannes (1509 - 1575), Marshal of France in 1570
  • Honorat II de Savoye, Marquis of Villars (died 1580), Marshal of France in 1571
  • Albert de Gondi
    Albert de Gondi

    Albert de Gondi seigneur du Perron, comte, then marquis de Belle-Isle , duc de Retz , was a marshal of France and a member of the Gondi bank. His father was Guidobaldo, seigneur de Perron, who became a banker at Lyon, and his mother was Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive - his siblings included cardinal Pierre de Gondi....
    , Duke of Retz (1522 - 1602), Marshal of France in 1573


Seven Marshals under Henri III (English: Henry III
Henry III of France

Henry III of France , born Alexandre-?douard de Valois-Angoul?me, was King of France from 1574 to 1589, and as Henry of Valois, first elected List of Polish rulers#Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and List of Lithuanian rulers#Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1574....
) 1574 – 1589

  • Roger I de Saint Larry, Lord of Bellegarde (died 1579), Marshal of France in 1574
  • Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, Seigneur de Montluc
    Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc

    Blaise de Lasseran-Massenc?me, seigneur de Montluc , was a marshal of France.He was born at the family seat near Condom, France in the modern d?partement in France of Gers....
     (1500 - 1577), Marshal of France in 1574
  • Louis Prévost de Sansac, Baron de Sansac (1496 - 1576), Marshal of France
  • Armand de Gontaut, Baron de Biron
    Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

    Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron was a celebrated France soldier of the 16th century.His family, one of the numerous branches of the House of Gontaut, took its title from the territory of Biron, Dordogne in P?rigord, where on a hill between the Dropt and the Lide still stands the magnificent Ch?teau de Biron begun by the lords of Biron i...
     (1524 - 1592), Marshal of France in 1577
  • Jacques de Goyon, Lord of Matignon and of Lesparre, Count of Thorigny, Prince of Mortagne sur Gironde (1525 - 1597), Marshal of France in 1579
  • Jean VI d'Aumont
    Aumont family

    File:Blason Maison d'Aumont.svgFile:Hotel-d-Aumont-Paris-4e.JPGThe Aumont family take its name from the Duchy of Aumont, Somme, a small commune in the department of the Somme....
    , Baron of Estrabonne, Count of Châteauroux (died 1580), Marshal of France in 1571
  • Guillaume de Joyeuse, Viscount of Joyeuse, Lord of Saint-Didier, of Laudun, of Puyvert and of Arques (1520 - 1592), Marshal of France in 1582
  • Charles II de Cossé, Duke of Brissac (1562 - 1621), Marshal of France


Bourbons
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....


Eleven Marshals under Henri IV (English: Henry IV
Henry IV of France

Henry de Bourbon, , ruled as Henry III, List of Navarrese monarchs, from 1572 to 1610, and as Henry IV, List of French monarchs, from 1589 to 1610....
) 1589 – 1610

  • Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Duc de Bouillon
    Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon

    Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, comte de Montfort et Negrepelisse, vicomte de Turenne, Castillon, et Lanquais, titular duc de Bouillon was prince of the independent principality of Sedan, France and Marshal of France....
     (1555 - 1623), Marshal of France in 1592.
  • Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron (1562 - 1602), Marshal of France in 1594.
  • Claude de La Chatre, Baron de la Maisonfort (1536 - 1614), Marshal of France in 1594.
  • Jean de Montluc de Balagny (1560 - 1603), Marshal of France in 1594.
  • Jean III de Baumanoir, Marquis of Lavardin and Count of Nègrepelisse (1551 - 1614), Marshal of France in 1595.
  • Henri, Duke of Joyeuse (1567 - 1608), Marshal of France in 1595.
  • Urbain de Montmorency-Laval, Marquis of Sablé (1557 - 1629), Marshal of France in 1595.
  • Alphonse d'Ornano (1548 - 1610), Marshal of France in 1597.
  • Guillaume de Hautemer, Count of Grancey (1537 - 1613), Marshal of France in 1597.
  • François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (1543 - 1626), Marshal of France in 1608.


Thirty-four Marshals under Louis XIII
Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII reigned as List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 1610 to 1643....
, 1610 – 1643

  • Concino Concini
    Concino Concini

    Concino Concini, Count della Penna, Marquis and Mar?chal d'Ancre , was an Italy politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of his mother....
    , Marquis of Ancre (1575 - 1617), Marshal of France in 1613.
  • Gilles de Courtenvaux, Marquis of Souvré (1540 - 1626), Marshal of France in 1614.
  • Antoine, Baron de Roquelaure (1560 - 1625), Marshal of France in 1614.
  • Louis de La Châtre, Baron de Maisonfort (died 1630), Marshal of France in 1616.
  • Pons de Lauzières-Thémines-Cardaillac, Marquis of Thémines (1553 - 1627), Marshal of France in 1616.
  • François de La Grange d'Arquien, Lord of Montigny and of Séry in Bérry (1554 - 1617), Marshal of France in 1616
  • Nicolas de L'Hôpital, Duke of Vitry (1581 - 1644), Marshal of France in 1617
  • Charles de Choiseul-Praslin, Marquis of Praslin (1563 - 1626), Marshal of France in 1619
  • Jean François de La Guiche, Count of La Palice (1569 - 1632), Marshal of France in 1619.
  • Honoré d'Albert d'Ailly, Duke of Chaulnes (1581 - 1649), Marshal of France in 1620.
  • François d'Esparbes de Lussan, Viscount of Aubeterre (died 1628), Marshal of France in 1620.
  • Charles de Créquy, Prince of Poix, Duke of Lesdiguières (1580 - 1638), Marshal of France in 1621.
  • Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke of La Force
    Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force

    Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force was a marshal of France and peer of France.He was born in La Force, the son of Francois de Caumont and Philippes de Beaupoil....
    (1558 - 1652), Marshal of France in 1621.
  • François, Marquis of Bassompierre
    François de Bassompierre

    Fran?ois de Bassompierre , was a France courtier.The son of Christophe de Bassompierre , he was born at the castle of Harou? in Lorraine. He was descended from an old family which had for generations served the dukes of Burgundy and Lorraine, and after being educated with his brothers in Bavaria and Italy, was introduced to the court of K...
     (1579 - 1646), Marshal of France in 1622.
  • Gaspard de Coligny, Duke of Châtillon
    Gaspard III de Coligny

    Gaspard III de Coligny, Mar?chal de Ch?tillon, of the House of Coligny , comte de Coligny and seigneur de Ch?tillon-sur-Loing, then duc de Coligny, marquis d'Andelot, Peer of France, Marshal of France , was a French Protestant general....
     (1584 - 1646), Marshal of France in 1622.
  • Henri, Count of Schomberg (1574 - 1632), Marshal of France in 1625.
  • Jean Baptiste d'Ornano (1581 - 1626), Marshal of France in 1626
  • François Annibal, Duc d'Estrées
    François Annibal d'Estrées

    Fran?ois-Annibal d'Estr?es, duc d'Estr?es was a French diplomat, military and Marshal of France....
     (1573 - 1670), Marshal of France in 1626.
  • Timoléon d'Epinay de Saint-Luc (1580 - 1644), Marshal of France in 1627.
  • Louis de Marillac, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger (1572 - 1632), Marshal of France in 1629.
  • Henri II, Duke of Montmorency and of Damville
    Henri II de Montmorency

    Henri II de Montmorency , son of Henri Ier de Montmorency, succeeded to the title in 1614, having previously been made grand admiral. He also was governor of Languedoc....
    , also Admiral of France
    Admiral of France

    The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France.The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusade....
     (1595 - 1632), Marshal of France in 1630.
  • Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet, Marquis of Toiras (1585 - 1636), Marshal of France in 1630.
  • Antoine Coëffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Effiat (1581 - 1632), Marshal of France in 1631.
  • Urbain de Maillé, Marquis of Brézé (1597 - 1650), Marshal of France in 1632.
  • Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560 - 1641), Marshal of France in 1634.
  • Charles de Schomberg, Duke of Halluin (1601 - 1656), Marshal of France in 1637.
  • Charles de La Porte, Marquis of Meilleraye (1602 - 1664), Marshal of France in 1639.
  • Antoine III, Duke of Gramont
    Antoine III de Gramont

    Antoine III Ag?nor de Gramont-Toulongeon, duke of Gramont, comte de Guiche, comte de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache, was a French military man and diplomat....
     (1604 - 1678), Marshal of France in 1641.
  • Jean-Baptiste Budes, Count of Guébriant (1602 - 1643), Marshal of France in 1642.
  • Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Duke of Cardona (1605 - 1657), Marshal of France in 1642.
  • François de L'Hôpital, Count of Rosnay (1583 - 1660), Marshal of France in 1643.
  • Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
    Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

    Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne,often called simply Turenne was the most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family....
     (1611 - 1675), Marshal of France in 1643, Marshal General of France
    Marshal General of France

    The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal of France governed only one army usually....
     in 1660.
  • Jean, Count of Gassion
    Jean de Gassion

    Jean, Count of Gassion was a redoutable Gascon military commander for France, prominent at the battle of Rocroi , who reached the rank of Marshal of France at the age of thirty-four....
    , (1609 - 1647), Marshal of France in 1643.


Fifty-one Marshals under Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
, 1643 – 1715

  • César, Duke of Choiseul (1598 - 1675), Marshal of France in 1645
  • Josias, Count of Rantzau (1609 - 1650), Marshal of France in 1645
  • Nicolas de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi(1597 - 1685), Marshal of France in 1646
  • Antoine d'Aumont de Rochebaron, Duc d'Aumont (1601 - 1669), Marshal of France in 1651
  • Jacques d'Étampes, Marquis of la Ferté-Imbert (1590 - 1663), Marshal of France in 1651
  • Henri, Duke of la Ferté-Senneterre (1600 - 1681), Marshal of France in 1651
  • Charles de Mouchy, Marquis d'Hocquincourt (1599 - 1658), Marshal of France in 1651
  • Jacques Rouxel, Count of Grancey (1603 - 1680), Marshal of France in 1651
  • Armand Nompar de Caumont, Duke of La Force (1582 - 1672), Marshal of France in 1652
  • Philippe de Clérambault, Count of la Palluau (1606 - 1665), Marshal of France in 1652
  • César Phoebus d'Albret, Count of Miossens (1614 - 1676), Marshal of France in 1653
  • Louis de Foucault de Saint-Germain Beaupré Count of Le Daugnon (1616 - 1659), Marshal of France in 1653
  • Jean de Schulemberg, Count of Montejeu (1597 - 1671), Marshal of France in 1658
  • Abraham de Fabert, Marquis of Esternay
    Abraham de Fabert

    Abraham de Fabert was a marshal of France,He was the son of Abraham Fabert, seigneur de Moulins , a famous printer who rendered great services, civil and military, to Henry IV of France....
     (1599 - 1662), Marshal of France in 1658
  • Jacques de Mauvisière, Marquis of Castelnau (1620 - 1658), Marshal of France in 1658
  • Bernardin Gigault, Marquis of Bellefonds (1630 - 1694), Marshal of France in 1668
  • François de Créquy
    François de Créquy

    Fran?ois, chevalier de Cr?quy and marquis de Marines, , was marshal of France....
    , Marquis of Marines (1620 - 1687), Marshal of France in 1668
  • Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières
    Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières

    Louis de Cr?vant, Duc d'Humi?res , was a Marshal of France and Governor of Compiegne, Bourbonnais and Lille.He was present at the Battle of the Dunes , and participated in the Franco-Dutch war under Turenne....
     (1628 - 1694), Marshal of France in 1668
  • Godefroy d'Estrades, Count of Estrades (1607 - 1686), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Philippe de Montaut-Bénac, Duke of Navailles (1619 - 1684), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Frédéric Armand, Duke of Schomberg
    Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg

    Friedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , was both a marshal of France and a General in the English Army.Descended from an old family of the Electoral Palatinate, he was born at Heidelberg, the son of Hans Meinard von Sch?nberg and Anne, daughter of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley....
     (1616 - 1690), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Jacques Henri de Durfort, Duke of Duras
    Jacques Henri de Durfort de Duras

    Jacques-Henri de Durfort, duke of Duras, marshal of France, .Jacques Henri was the oldest son of Guy Aldonce de Durfort , marquis of Duras, count of Rozan and of Lorges, mar?chal de camp and of Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, better known as Turenne....
     (1626 - 1704), Marshal of France in 1675
  • François d'Aubusson, Duke of la Feuillade (1625 - 1691), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Louis Victor de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart le Maréchal de Vivonne (1636 - 1688), Marshal of France in 1675
  • François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628 - 1695), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Henri Louis d'Aloigny, Marquis of Rochefort (1636 - 1676), Marshal of France in 1675
  • Guy de Durfort, Duke of Lorges
    Guy Aldonce de Durfort de Lorges

    Guy Aldonce de Durfort, duke de Lorges, marshal of France, .Jacques Henri was the fourth son of Guy Aldonce de Durfort , marquis of Duras, count of Rozan and of Lorges, mar?chal de camp, and Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, better known as Turenne....
     (1630 - 1702), Marshal of France in 1676
  • Jean II, Count of Estrées
    Jean II d'Estrées

    Jean II d'Estr?es, , was a Marshal of France, and an important naval commander of Louis XIV.Jean d'Estr?es was born in a noble family from Picardie....
     1624 - 1707), Marshal of France in 1681
  • Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières (1632 - 1711), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Jean Armand de Joyeuse, Marquis of Grandpré (1632 - 1710), Marshal of France in 1693
  • François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
    François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi

    Fran?ois de Neufville, 2nd duc de Villeroi , France soldier, came of a Neufville de Villeroy family which had risen into prominence in the reign of Charles IX of France....
     (1644 - 1730), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Louis François, duc de Boufflers, comte de Cagny (1664 - 1711), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, Count of Tourville
    Anne Hilarion de Tourville

    Anne Hilarion de Costentin, comte de Tourville was a France naval commander who served under King Louis XIV of France....
     (1642 - 1701), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles
    Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles

    Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles , was one of the chief generals of France towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV of France, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain during both the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, and was made marshal of France in 1693....
     (1650 - 1708), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Nicolas Catinat
    Nicolas Catinat

    Nicolas Catinat was a French people military commander and Marshal of France under Louis XIV of France. The son of a magistrate, Catinat was born in Paris on 1 September, 1637....
     (1637 - 1712), Marshal of France in 1693
  • Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1654 - 1712), Marshal of France in 1695
  • Claude Louis Hector, Duke of Villars
    Claude Louis Hector de Villars

    Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun was the last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in Military history of France, one of only six Marshal of France that have been promoted to Marshal General of France....
     (1653 - 1734), Marshal of France in 1702, Marshal General of France
    Marshal General of France

    The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal of France governed only one army usually....
     in 1733
  • Noël Bouton, Marquis of Chamilly (1636 - 1715), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Victor Marie, Duc d'Estrées
    Victor-Marie d'Estrées

    Victor Marie d'Estr?es, count then duke d'Estr?es was a Marshal of France....
     (1660 - 1737), Marshal of France in 1703
  • François Louis Rousselet, Marquis of Château-Renault (1637 - 1716), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban
    Vauban

    S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
     (1633 - 1707), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Conrad, Marquis of Rosen (1628 - 1715), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Nicolas Chalon du Blé, Marquis of Huxelles (1652 - 1730), Marshal of France in 1703
  • René de Froulay, Count of Tessé
    René de Froulay de Tessé

    Ren? de Froulay, count of Tess? , French Marshal and diplomat....
     (1651 - 1725), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
    Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard

    Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, duc de Tallard was a France noble, diplomatist and military commander.Tallard was granted a commission in the French army at the age of 15....
     (1652 - 1728), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Nicolas Auguste de La Baume, Marquis of Montrevel (1636 - 1716), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Henry, duc d'Harcourt (1654 - 1718), Marshal of France in 1703
  • Ferdinand, Count of Marsin
    Ferdinand de Marsin

    Ferdinand, count of Marsin was a French general and diplomat, who was Marshal of France....
     (1656 - 1706), Marshal of France in 1703
  • James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
    James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

    James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick was a French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill , sister of the John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough....
     (1670 - 1734), Marshal of France in 1706
  • Charles Auguste Goyon, Count of Matignon (1647 - 1729), Marshal of France in 1708
  • Jacques de Bazin, Marquis of Bezons (1645 - 1733), Marshal of France in 1709
  • Pierre de Montesquiou, Count of Artagnan
    Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan

    Pierre de Montesquiou, comte d'Artagnan and later comte de Montesquiou was a French soldier and Marshal of France.A scion of the famous French Montesquiou family, he was the fourth son of Henri I de Montesquiou, seigneur d'Artagnan by his wife Jeanne, daughter of Jean de Gassion....
     (1645 - 1725), Marshal of France in 1709 N.B. : not the famous D'Artagnan
    D'Artagnan

    Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV of France as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War....
    , but a relative


Thirty-four Marshals under Louis XV
Louis XV of France

Louis XV ruled as List of French monarchs and of List of Navarrese monarchs from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis reigned until 15 February 1723, the date of his thirteenth birthday, with the aid of the R?gence, Philippe II, Duke of Orl?ans, his Cousin, thereafter taking formal p...
, 1715 – 1774

  • Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
    Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie

    Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie , was a France soldier and general.The son of Fran?ois-Marie, comte de Broglie, he served under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Cond?, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, and other commanders of the age of Louis XIV of France in the Franco-Dutch War and other conflicts....
     (1646 - 1727), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Antoine Gaston, Duke of Roquelaure (1656 - 1738), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Jacques Rouxel, Count of Grancey and of Médavy
    Jacques Eléonor Rouxel de Grancey

    Jacques El?onor Rouxel, Comte de Grancey, Comte de M?davy , was a Marshal of France.He was the grandson of Jacques Rouxel de Grancey , also Marshal of France....
     (1655 - 1725), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Éléonor du Maine, Count of Le Bourg (1655 - 1739), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Yves, marquis d'Alègre (1653 - 1733), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Louis d'Aubusson, Duke of la Feuillade
    Louis d'Aubusson de la Feuillade

    Louis d'Aubusson de la Feuillade, duc de Roannais was a Marshal of France.He was the son of Fran?ois d'Aubusson de La Feuillade, also a Marshal of France....
     (1673 - 1725), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Antoine V, Duke of Gramont
    Antoine V de Gramont

    Antoine V de Gramont , Duke of Guiche, France military figure and member of the Gramont. At the age of thirteen, he became a musketeer and by 1687 he had become head of his regiment and had married the daughter of Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles....
     (1671 - 1725), Marshal of France in 1724
  • Alain Emmanuel, Marquis of Coëtlogon
    Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon

    Alain Emmanuel de Co?tlogon , was a Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIV and Louis XV.He was the seventh son of Louis de Co?tlogon, vicomte de M?jusseaume , counsellor to the King in the Parlement of Bretagne, and Louise Le Meneust de Br?tigny....
     (1646 - 1730), Marshal of France in 1730
  • Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron (1663 - 1756), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur (1665 - 1743), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Claude Bidal, Marquis of Asfeld
    Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld

    Claude Fran?ois Bidal, marquis d'Asfeld , was a French Marshal of France.He was the son of Pierre Bidal , a French merchant and banker who did business with Christina of Sweden....
     (1665 - 1743), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles
    Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles

    Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles was a France aristocrat and soldier....
     (1678 - 1766), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Christian Louis de Montmorency-Luxembourg, Prince de Tingry (1713 - 1787), Marshal of France in 1734
  • François Marie II, Count of Broglie
    François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie

    Fran?ois-Marie de Broglie, 1st duc de Broglie was a French military leader....
     (1671 - 1745), Marshal of France in 1734
  • François de Franquetot, Duke of Coigny
    François de Franquetot de Coigny

    Fran?ois de Franquetot de Coigny was a Marshal of France, Count, and from 1747, the Duke of Coigny.He was born in the Coigny ch?teau near Coutances, Normandy as son of Robert-Jean de Coigny, and Marie-Fran?oise de Matignon....
     (1670 - 1759), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Charles, Duke of Lévis-Charlus (1669 - 1734), Marshal of France in 1734
  • Louis de Brancas de Forcalquier, Marquis of Céreste (1671 - 1750), Marshal of France in 1740
  • Louis Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly, Duke of Chaulnes (1676 - 1744), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Louis Armand de Brichanteau, Duke of Nangis (1682 - 1742), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Louis de Gand de Mérode de Montmorency, prince d'Isenghien (1678 - 1762), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Jean-Baptiste de Durfort, Duke of Duras (1684 - 1778), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Jean-Baptiste Desmarets, Marquis of Maillebois (1682 - 1762), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Charles Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle, called the Marshall of Belle-Isle (1684 - 1762), Marshal of France in 1741
  • Maurice, comte de Saxe
    Maurice, comte de Saxe

    Maurice, comte de Saxe was a French general who was Marshal of France and later also Marshal General of France....
    , (1696 - 1750), Marshal of France in 1741, Marshal General of France
    Marshal General of France

    The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal of France governed only one army usually....
     in 1747
  • Jean-Baptiste Andrault, Marquis of Maulévrier (1677 - 1754), Marshal of France in 1745
  • Claude Testu, Marquis of Balincourt (1680 - 1770), Marshal of France in 1746
  • Philippe Charles, Marquis of la Fare (1687 - 1752), Marshal of France in 1746
  • François, duc d'Harcourt (1689 - 1750), Marshal of France in 1746
  • Guy, Count of Monmorency-Laval (1677 - 1751), Marshal of France in 1747
  • Gaspard, Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre
    Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre

    Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre , was a France noble, descendant of a family which traced its origins to the 12th century. His chief title was that of Marquis of Cruzy and Vauvillers, later 1st Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, a new creation which elevated him to the Peerage of France....
     1688 - 1781, Marshal of France in 1747
  • Louis Claude, Marquis of La Mothe-Houdancourt (1687 - 1755), Marshal of France in 1747
  • Ulrich, Count of Löwendahl (1700 - 1755), Marshal of France in 1747
  • Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
    Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

    Louis Fran?ois Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu was a marshal of France and a grandnephew of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu....
     (1696 - 1788), Marshal of France in 1748
  • Jean de Fay, Marquis of la Tour-Maubourg (1684 - 1764), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Louis Antoine de Gontaut
    Louis Antoine de Gontaut

    Louis Antoine de Gontaut-Biron, duc de Biron, , was Duke of Biron and a French military leader who served with distinction under Louis XV, and was made a Marshal of France in 1757....
    , (1701 - 1788), Count (afterwards Duke) of Biron, Marshal of France in 1757
  • Daniel François de Gélas de Voisons d'Ambres, Viscount of Lautrec (1686 - 1762), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Charles François Frédéric de Montmorency, Duke of Piney-Luxembourg (1702 - 1764), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Louis Le Tellier, Duc d'Estrées (1695 - 1771), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Jean Charles de la Ferté, Marquis of La Ferté Senneterre (1685 - 1770), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Charles O'Brien de Thomond, Count of Thomond and of Clare (1699 - 1761), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Mirepoix
    Charles-Pierre-Gaston François de Lévis, duc de Lévis-Mirepoix

    Charles-Pierre-Gaston-Fran?ois de L?vis, duc de L?vis-Mirepoix , Marshal of France and ambassador of Louis XV of France was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ari?ge, Ari?ge since the 11th century....
     (1699 - 1758), Marshal of France in 1757
  • Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny
    Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny

    Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny was a Hungary-born soldier who became Marshal of France....
    , (1689 - 1778), Marshal of France in 1758
  • Hubert de Brienne, Count of Conflans (1690 - 1777), Marshal of France in 1758
  • Louis Georges, Marquis of Contades
    Louis Georges Érasme de Contades

    Louis Georges ?rasme de Contades was the 6th Marquis de Contades and Seigneur de Montgeoffroi. He was a Marshal of France and a major battlefield commander during the Seven Years' War....
    , (1704 - 1793), Marshal of France in 1758
  • Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise
    Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise

    Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise , duke of Rohan-Rohan, seigneur of Roberval, Oise, and marshal of France from 1758, was a military man, a minister to the kings Louis XV of France and Louis XVI of France, and a notorious libertine....
     (1715 - 1787), Marshal of France in 1758
  • Victor François, Duke de Broglie
    Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie

    Victor-Fran?ois, 2nd duc de Broglie was a France aristocrat and soldier and a marshal of France. He served with his father, Fran?ois-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, at Battle of San Pietro and battle of Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy....
     (1718 - 1804), Marshal of France in 1759
  • Guy Michel de Durfort de Lorge, Duke of Randan (1704 - 1773), Marshal of France in 1768
  • Louis de Brienne de Conflans, Marquis of Armentières (1711 - 1774), Marshal of France in 1768
  • Jean de Cossé, Duke of Brissac (1698 - 1780), Marshal of France in 1768


Twenty Marshals under Louis XVI
Louis XVI of France

Louis XVI or Louis-Auguste de France ruled as List of French monarchs of France and of List of Navarrese monarchs from 1774 until 1791, and then as Popular monarchy from 1791 to 1792....
, 1774 – 1792

  • Anne Pierre, Duke of Harcourt (1701 - 1783), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Louis, 4th duc de Noailles
    Louis, 4th duc de Noailles

    Louis, 4th duc de Noailles was a French noble. He married Catherine de Coss?-Brissac, on 25 february 1737. They had children: Jean-Paul-Fran?ois, 5th duc de Noailles, Adrienne Catherine de Noailles, Emmanuel de Noailles, and Philippine Louise de Noailles....
     (1713 - 1793), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Antoine, Count of Nicolaï
    Nicolay

    Nicolay may refer to:* Nicolay , Dutch musician* Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer* Nicolay , an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries...
     (1712 - 1787), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Charles, Duke of Fitz-James (1712 - 1787), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Philippe, Duke of Mouchy
    Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy

    Philippe, comte de Noailles and later prince de Poix, duc de Mouchy, and duc de Poix ? brev?t , was a younger brother of Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, and a more distinguished soldier than his brother....
     (1715 - 1794), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Emmanuel de Durfort, Duke of Duras (1715 - 1789), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Louis Nicolas, Duc du Muy (1702 - 1775), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Claude, Count of Saint-Germain (1707 - 1778), Marshal of France since 24.3.1775
  • Guy de Montmoreny, Duke of Laval (1723 - 1798), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Augustin, Count of Mailly (1708 - 1794), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Henri Bouchard de Lussan, Marquis of Aubeterre (1714 - 1788), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Charles de Beauvau, Prince of Beauvau-Craon (1720 - 1793), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Noël Jourda, Count of Vaux (1705 - 1788), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur
    Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur

    Philippe Henri, marquis de S?gur was a marshal of France.Son of Henri Fran?ois, comte de S?gur, and his wife Anglique de Froissy, he was appointed to the command of an infantry regiment at eighteen, and served under his father in Italy and Bohemia....
     (1724 - 1801), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Jacques de Choiseul-Stainville, Count of Choiseul (1727 - 1789), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Charles de La Croix, Marquis of Castries (1727 - 1800), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Anne Emmanuel, Duke of Croÿ (1718 - 1787), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • François Gaston de Lévis, Duc de Lévis (1719 - 1787), Marshal of France since 13.6.1783
  • Nicolas Luckner
    Nicolas Luckner

    Nikolaus, Count Luckner was a German in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France. .Luckner originated in Cham , in eastern Bavaria and received his early education from the Jesuits in Passau....
    , Comte Luckner (1722 - 1794), Marshal of France since 28.12.1791
  • Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
    Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

    Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau was a France French nobility, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American Revolutionary War....
     (1725 - 1807), Marshal of France since 28.12.1791

First Empire
First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....


Twenty-six Marshals under Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
, 1804 – 1814

  • Louis Alexandre Berthier
    Louis Alexandre Berthier

    Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Princes of Wagram de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valengin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuch?tel , marshal of France, Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff under Napoleon I of France, was born at Versailles to Jean Baptiste Berthier and first wife Marie Fran?oise Lhuillier de La S...
    , Prince of Neufchatel and of Wagram, Duke of Valengin. (1753 - 1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Joachim Murat
    Joachim Murat

    Joachim-Napol?on Murat , Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and Duchy of Cleves, Marshal of France, was King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815....
    , Prince d'Empire, Grand Duke of Clèves and Berg, King of Naples (1767 - 1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
    Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

    Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, 1st Duke de Conegliano , Marshal of France, was a prominent soldier in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars....
    , Duke of Conégliano (1754 - 1842), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
    Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

    Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan , was a marshal of France notable for his service during the French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War....
    , Count Jourdan (1762 - 1833), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • André Masséna
    André Masséna

    Jean-Andr? Mass?na, 1st Duc de Rivoli Veronese, 1st Prince d'Essling was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars....
    , Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (1758 - 1817), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Pierre Augereau, Duke of Castiglione (1757 - 1816), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
    Charles XIV John of Sweden

    Charles XIV & III John , born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was King of Sweden and King of Norway from 1818 until his death....
    , Prince of Ponte Corvo, King of Sweden and Norway under the name Charles XIV John, (1763 - 1844), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
    Guillaume Marie Anne Brune

    Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Comte Brune was a France soldier and political figure who rose to Marshal of France.The son of a lawyer, he was born at Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corr?ze....
    , Count Brune (1763 - 1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatie (1769 - 1851), Marshal of the Empire in 1804, Marshal General of France
    Marshal General of France

    The title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal of France governed only one army usually....
     in 1847
  • Jean Lannes
    Jean Lannes

    Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello della Battaglia, 1st Sovereign Prince de Sievers was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals....
    , Duke of Montebello (1769 - 1809), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
    Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier

    ?douard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duc de Tr?vise was a France general and, Marshal of France under Napol?on I....
    , Duke of Trévise (1768 - 1835), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Michel Ney
    Michel Ney

    Michel Ney, 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskva River , was a France soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars....
    , Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moscow (1769 - 1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Louis Nicolas Davout
    Louis Nicolas Davout

    Louis-Nicolas d'Avout , better known as Davout, 1st Duc d'Auerstaedt d'Auerstedt, 1st Prince d'Eckm?hl, was a Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era....
    , Duke of Auerstaedt, Prince of Eckmühl (1770 - 1823), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • Jean-Baptiste Bessières
    Jean-Baptiste Bessières

    Jean-Baptiste Bessi?res, 1st Duc d' Istria , was a Marshal of France of the Napoleonic Era....
    , Duke of Istria (1768 - 1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
  • François Christophe de Kellermann, Duke of Valmy (1737 - 1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
  • François Joseph Lefebvre
    François Joseph Lefebvre

    Fran?ois Joseph Lefebvre, 1st Duc de Dantzig was Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Wars.Lefebvre was from Alsace, the son of a Hussar, he enlisted in French army at the age of 18....
    , Duke of Dantzig (1755 - 1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
  • Dominique Catherine de Pérignon, Marquis of Grenade (1754 - 1818), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
  • Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
    Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

    Jean-Mathieu-Philibert S?rurier, 1st Comte S?rurier , was a France French Army and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France....
    , Count Sérurier (1742 - 1819), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
  • Claude Victor
    Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno

    Claude Victor-Perrin, 1st Duc de Belluno was a Marshal of France of France during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.He was born at La Marche in the Vosges, son of Charles Perrin and wife Marie Anne Floriot, paternal grandson of Charles Perrin and wife Gabrielle Guerin, born in 1696, and great-grandson of Pierre Perr...
    , Duke of Bellune (1764 - 1841), Marshal of the Empire in 1807
  • Jacques MacDonald, Duke of Tarento (1765 - 1840), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
  • Nicolas Oudinot
    Nicolas Oudinot

    Nicolas Charles Oudinot, 1st Comte Oudinot, 1st Duc de Reggio Calabria , was a Marshal of France....
    , Duke of Reggio (1767 - 1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
  • Auguste Marmont, Duke of Ragusa (1774 - 1852), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
  • Louis Gabriel Suchet
    Louis Gabriel Suchet

    Louis Gabriel Suchet, 1st Duc d'Albufera was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most brilliant generals....
    , Duke of Albufera (1770 - 1826), Marshal of the Empire in 1811
  • Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
    Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

    Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr was a France commander in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of France and Marquess....
    , Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (1764 - 1830), Marshal of the Empire in 1812
  • Józef Antoni Poniatowski
    Józef Antoni Poniatowski

    Prince J?zef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of France....
    , Prince Poniatowski (1763 - 1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1813
  • Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy
    Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy

    Emmanuel de Grouchy, 2nd Marquis de Grouchy was a French general and marshal of France....
    , (1766 - 1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1815


The names of many of these have been given to successive stretches of an avenue encircling Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, which has thus been nicknamed the Boulevard des Maréchaux (Marshals' Boulevard").

Second Restoration


Six Marshals under Louis XVIII
Louis XVIII of France

Louis XVIII , Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, was a King of list of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs. The brother of Louis XVI of France, and uncle of Louis XVII of France, he ruled the kingdom from 1814 until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to his flight from Napoleon I of France during the Hundred Da...
, 1815 – 1824

  • François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny
    François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny

    Fran?ois-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, 1st Duc de Coigny , was a Marshal of France.The grandson of another Marshal of France, Fran?ois de Franquetot de Coigny, he entered the musketeers at age fifteen....
    , Duke of Coigny (1737 - 1821), Marshal of France in 1816
  • Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
    Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke

    Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1st Comte d'Hunebourg, 1st Duc de Feltre , born in Landrecies, was a Marshal of France and French politician of Ireland descent....
    , Duke of Feltre (1765 - 1818), Marshal of France in 1816
  • Pierre Riel de Beurnonville, Marquis of Beurnonville (1752 - 1821), Marshal of France in 1816
  • Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du Houx de Viomesnil
    Charles du Houx de Viomesnil

    Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du Houx de Viom?nil, Marquis of Viom?nil was a Marshal of France.Viomesnil entered the French army at age 13 as a lieutenant of the regiment of Limousin....
    , Marquis of Viomesnil (1734 - 1827), Marshal of France in 1816
  • Jacques Alexandre Law
    Jacques Lauriston

    Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston , was a France soldier and diplomat of Scotland descent, the son of Jacques Fran?ois Law de Lauriston , a general officer in the French army, and was born at Puducherry, India....
    , Marquis of Lauriston (1768 - 1828), Marshal of France in 1823
  • Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor
    Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

    Gabriel-Jean-Joseph, comte Molitor , was a Marshal of France, born in Hayange in Moselle.Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Molitor joined the French revolutionary armies as a captain in a battalion of militia....
    , Count Molitor (1770 - 1849), Marshal of France in 1823


Three Marshals under Charles X
Charles X of France

Charles X ruled as List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 20 May 1824 until the July Revolution, when he Abdication. He was the last king of the senior House of Bourbon line to reign over France....
, 1824 – 1830

  • Louis Aloy de Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein
    Louis Aloy de Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein

    Louis Aloy Prince de Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein Hohenlohe was born at Bartenstein in Hohenlohe-Bartenstein. In 1784 he entered the service of the Electoral Palatinate, which he quit in 1792 to take command as a colonel of a French army regiment raised by his father for the service of the emigr? princes of France....
    , (1765 - 1829), Marshal of France in 1827
  • Nicolas Joseph Maison
    Nicolas Joseph Maison

    Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1st Marquis Maison , born in ?pinay-sur-Seine, was a Marshal of France and Minister of War....
    , Marquis Maison (1771 - 1840), Marshal of France in 1829
  • Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisne de Bourmont, Count of Bourmont (1773 - 1846), Marshal of France in 1830


July Monarchy


Ten Marshals under Louis-Philippe
Louis-Philippe of France

Louis-Philippe , was List of French monarchs from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. He was the last king to rule France, although Napoleon III of France, styled as an emperor, would serve as its last monarch....
 1830 – 1848

  • Étienne Maurice, Count Gérard
    Étienne Maurice Gérard

    ?tienne Maurice G?rard, comte G?rard was a France general and statesman. He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First French Republic and Second French Republic, and the First French Empire , becoming Prime Min...
    , (1773 - 1852), Marshal of France in 1830
  • Bertrand, Count Clauzel
    Bertrand Clauzel

    Bertrand, comte Clausel , marshal of France, was born at Mirepoix , and served in the first campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars as one of the volunteers of 1791....
    , (1772 - 1842), Marshal of France in 1831
  • Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy
    Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy

    Emmanuel de Grouchy, 2nd Marquis de Grouchy was a French general and marshal of France....
    , (1766 - 1847), Marshal of France in 1831
  • Georges Mouton, Count of Lobau
    Georges Mouton

    Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau was a France soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France....
    , (1770 - 1838), Marshal of France in 1831
  • Sylvain Charles, Count Valée
    Sylvain Charles Valée

    Sylvain-Charles, comte Val?e , born in Brienne-le-Ch?teau, was a Marshal of France.Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Val?e enlisted in the French revolutionary army and was sent to serve in the Army of the Nord....
    , (1773 - 1846), Marshal of France in 1837
  • François Horace, Count Sébastiani
    Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani

    Horace Fran?ois Bastien S?bastiani de La Porta was a French soldier, diplomat, and politician, who served as List of Naval Ministers of France, Minister of Foreign Affairs , and Minister of State under the July Monarchy....
    , (1772 - 1851), Marshal of France in 1840
  • Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count d'Erlon, (1765 - 1844), Marshal of France in 1843
  • Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Duke of Isly (1784 - 1849), Marshal of France in 1843
  • Honoré, Count Reille
    Honoré Charles Reille

    Honor? Charles Michel Joseph Reille was a Marshal of France, born in Antibes.Reille served in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars under Charles Fran?ois Dumouriez and Andr? Mass?na, whose daughter Victoire he married....
    , (1775 - 1860), Marshal of France in 1847
  • Guillaume Dode, Viscount of La Brunerie
    Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie

    Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie was a Marshal of France. On February 12, 1812, he married the daughter of Marshal Dominique Catherine de P?rignon, Agathe-Virginie....
    , (1775 - 1851), Marshal of France in 1847


Second Republic
French Second Republic

The French Second Republic was the republican government of France between the Revolutions of 1848 in France and the coup by Napoleon III of France which initiated the Second French Empire....


Seven Marshals under Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon III of France

Napol?on III, also known as Louis-Napol?on Bonaparte was the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second French Empire....
, 1848 – 1852

  • Jérôme Bonaparte
    Jérôme Bonaparte

    J?r?me-Napol?on Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort of Vorarlberg was the youngest brother of Napoleon I of France, who made him king of Kingdom of Westphalia ....
    , former King of Westphalia (1784 - 1860), Marshal of France in 1850
  • Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans
    Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans

    R?mi Joseph Isidore Exelmans, 1st Comte Exelmans was a distinguished France soldier of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, as well as a political figure of the following period....
    , count Exelmans (1775 - 1852), Marshal of France in 1851
  • Jean Isidore Harispe
    Jean Isidore Harispe

    Jean Isidore Harispe, 1st Comte Harispe , was a distinguished France soldier of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, as well as a of the following period....
    , count Harispe (1768 - 1855), Marshal of France in 1851
  • Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
    Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant

    Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, 1st Comte Vaillant , born in Dijon, was a Marshal of France.Vaillant entered the French army in 1809 in the corps of engineers....
    , count Vaillant 1790 - 1872), Marshal of France in 1851
  • Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud
    Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud

    File:Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud.jpgArmand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud was a France soldier and Marshal of France during the 19th century....
     (1798 - 1854), Marshal of France in 1852
  • Bernard Pierre Magnan
    Bernard Pierre Magnan

    Bernard Pierre Magnan was a Marshal of France.Magnan started his career as an enlisted soldier of the 66th Line in 1809. Promoted to sergeant in 1810, the next year he entered the officers ranks and was successively promoted 2nd lieuteneant, 1st lieutenant and captain....
     (1791 - 1865), Marshal of France in 1852
  • Boniface de Castellane
    Boniface de Castellane

    Esprit Victor Elisabeth Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane was a Marshal of France....
    , Marquis of Castellane (1788 - 1862), Marshal of France in 1852


Second Empire
Second French Empire

The Second French Empire or Second Empire was the Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870, between the French Second Republic and the French Third Republic, in France....


Twelve Marshals under Napoleon III
Napoleon III of France

Napol?on III, also known as Louis-Napol?on Bonaparte was the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second French Empire....
, 1852 – 1870

  • Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
    Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers

    Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, 1st Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers was a Marshal of France and politician.Baraguey d'Hilliers was born in Paris, the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers....
    , Count Baraguey d'Hilliers (1795 - 1878), Marshal of France in 1854
  • Aimable Pélissier, Duke of Malakoff (1794 - 1864), Marshal of France in 1855
  • Jacques Louis Randon
    Jacques Louis Randon

    Jacques Louis C?sar Alexandre Randon, 1st Comte Randon was a French military and political leader, also Marshal of France and governor of Algeria....
    , Count Randon (1795 - 1871), Marshal of France in 1856
  • François Certain Canrobert
    François Certain Canrobert

    Fran?ois Certain Canrobert , known as Mar?chal Canrobert, was a marshal of France....
     (1809 - 1895), Marshal of France in 1856
  • Pierre Bosquet
    Pierre Bosquet

    Pierre Fran?ois Joseph Bosquet was a French soldier. He served as General during the conquest of Algeria and the Crimean War; returning from Crimea he was made Marshal of France and senator....
     (1810 - 1861), Marshal of France in 1856
  • Patrice MacMahon
    Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta

    Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta de Magenta, Italy, Marshal of France was a France general and politician. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the first president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879....
    , Duke of Magenta (1809 - 1893), Marshal of France in 1859
  • Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély (1794 - 1870), Marshal of France in 1859
  • Adolphe Niel
    Adolphe Niel

    Adolphe Niel was a France General and Statesman, also Marshal of France.He was born at Muret and entered the ?cole Polytechnique in 1821. Niel entered the engineer school at Metz, became lieutenant in the Engineers Corps in 1827, and captain in 1833....
     (1802 - 1869), Marshal of France in 1859
  • Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
    Philippe Antoine d'Ornano

    Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st Comte d'Ornano was a France soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was made Count d'Ornano of the First French Empire in 1808....
    , Count of Ornano (1784 - 1863), Marshal of France in 1861
  • Elie Frédéric Forey
    Elie Frédéric Forey

    ?lie Fr?d?ric Forey was a Marshal of France....
     (1804 - 1872), Marshal of France in 1863
  • François Achille Bazaine
    François Achille Bazaine

    Fran?ois Achille Bazaine was a French General and from 1864, a Marshal of France, "who suffered the fate of Generals who win every battle except the last"....
     (1811 - 1888), Marshal of France in 1864
  • Edmond Leboeuf
    Edmond Leboeuf

    Edmond Leboeuf was a marshal of France. He was born at Paris, passed through the ?cole polytechnique and the school of Metz, and distinguished himself as an artillery officer in Algerian warfare, becoming colonel in 1852....
     (1809 - 1888), Marshal of France in 1870


Third Republic
French Third Republic

The French Third Republic was the political regime of France between the Second French Empire and the Vichy France. It was a republican parliamentary democracy that was created on 4 September 1870 following the collapse of the Empire of Napoleon III of France in the Franco-Prussian War....


Three Marshals under Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Poincaré

Raymond Poincar? was a France conservatism statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920....
, 1913 – 1920

  • Joseph Joffre
    Joseph Joffre

    Joseph Jacques C?saire Joffre was a France general who was Commander-in-Chief of the French Army between 1914 and 1916 during the First World War....
    , (1852 - 1931), Marshal of France in 1916
  • Ferdinand Foch
    Ferdinand Foch

    Ferdinand Foch . Order of Merit List of honorary British knights was a France soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century....
    , (1851 - 1929), Marshal of France in 1918
  • Philippe Pétain
    Philippe Pétain

    Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph P?tain , generally known as Philippe P?tain or Marshal P?tain , was a France general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, later Head of state of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944....
    , (1856 - 1951), Marshal of France in 1918


Five Marshals under Alexandre Millerand
Alexandre Millerand

Alexandre Millerand was a France socialism politician. He was President of France from 23 September 1920 to 11 June 1924 and Prime Minister of France 20 January to 23 September 1920....
, 1920 – 1924

  • Joseph Gallieni
    Joseph Gallieni

    Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonial empires and finished his career during the World War I....
    , (1849 - 1916), Marshal of France in 1921 (posthumous)
  • Hubert Lyautey
    Hubert Lyautey

    Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French Army general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France....
    , (1854 - 1934), Marshal of France in 1921
  • Louis Franchet d'Esperey
    Louis Franchet d'Esperey

    Louis F?lix Marie Fran?ois Franchet d'Esp?rey was a France general during World War I....
    , (1856 - 1942), Marshal of France in 1921
  • Marie Émile Fayolle
    Marie Émile Fayolle

    Marie ?mile Fayolle was a Marshal of France.Fayolle studied at the ?cole polytechnique, where he graduated with the class of 1873. During his career he served in the artillery....
    , (1852 - 1928), Marshal of France in 1921
  • Michel-Joseph Maunoury
    Michel-Joseph Maunoury

    Michel-Joseph Maunoury was a commander of French forces in the early days of World War I. He was recalled from retirement at the age of 67 in August 1914 to lead the so-called 'Army of Lorraine '....
    , (1847 - 1923), Marshal of France in 1923 (posthumous)


Fourth Republic
French Fourth Republic

The Fourth Republic was the republicanism government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican Constitution of France. It was in many ways a revival of the French Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems....


Three Marshals under Vincent Auriol
Vincent Auriol

Jules-Vincent Auriol was a France politician who served as the first President of France of the French Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French Republic on two separate occasi...
, 1947 – 1954

  • Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
    Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

    Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny was a France military hero of World War II....
     (1889 - 1952), Marshal of France in 1952 (posthumous)
  • Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
    Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

    Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque , was a France general during World War II; he became Marshal of France posthumously, in 1952.He was born Philippe Fran?ois Marie, Count de Hauteclocque, but changed his legal name in 1945 to incorporate his French resistance pseudonym Jacques-Philippe Leclerc....
     (1902 - 1947), Marshal of France in 1952 (posthumous)
  • Alphonse Juin
    Alphonse Juin

    Alphonse Pierre Juin was a Marshal of France....
     (1888 - 1967), Marshal of France in 1952


Fifth Republic
French Fifth Republic

The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current Republicanism Constitution of France of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing a parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system....


One Marshal under François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand

Fran?ois Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, elected as representative of the French Socialist Party ....
, 1981 – 1995

  • Marie Pierre Kœnig (1898 - 1970) Marshal of France in 1984 (posthumous)


See also

  • Constable of France
    Constable of France

    The Constable of France , as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France and Commander in Chief of the army....