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Generals of France
- Claude François de MaletClaude François de Malet entered the world on the 28th of June 1754 in Dole. He was born into an aristocratic family that expected him to follow traditional…
- Charles Louis de MarbeufLouis Charles René de Marbeuf entered the world on the 4th of November 1712 in Rennes. He was born into a family of Breton lords who held significant land…
- Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de GuibertJacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert stood in the mud of Germany at age thirteen. He watched his father Charles-Benoît lead troops during the Seven Years'…
- 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 Leclerc (general, born 1772)Charles Leclerc was born on the 17th of March 1772 in Pontoise, Île-de-France. He volunteered to join the French Royal Army in 1791 as a second lieutenant.
- Louis Philippe ILouis Philippe was born in the Palais-Royal on the 6th of October 1773. He grew up as a Prince of the Blood within the House of Bourbon.
- Georges Ernest BoulangerGeorges Ernest Boulanger was born on the 29th of April 1837 in Rennes, Brittany. He entered the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1855 and graduated to join the…
- Toussaint LouvertureFrançois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was born on the 20th of May 1743 into slavery at the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue.