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French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars

  • Jean-Baptiste KléberJean-Baptiste Kléber was born on the 9th of March 1753 in Strasbourg, where his father worked as a master builder. This humble origin shaped the early…
  • Jean-Andoche JunotJean-Andoche Junot was born on the 25th of September 1771 in Bussy-le-Grand, Burgundy. He entered a bourgeois family as the fifth son of Michel Junot and…
  • Charles XIV JohnJean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was born on the 26th of January 1763 in Pau, the capital of Béarn. He entered the army as a private soldier on the 3rd of…