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Military governors of Paris
- NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
- Louis BonaparteLouis Bonaparte entered the world on the 2nd of September 1778 in Ajaccio, Corsica. This island had been conquered by France less than a decade before his…
- Auguste de MarmontAuguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont was born on the 20th of July 1774 in Châtillon-sur-Seine. His father served as an ex-officer within the petite…
- Joachim MuratJoachim Murat was born on the 25th of March 1767 in La Bastide-Fortunière, a small village in southwestern France. His father Pierre Murat-Jordy worked as an…
- 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…
- Paul BarrasPaul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras was born at Fox-Amphoux on the 30th of June 1755. He descended from a noble family of Provence and entered the…
- Charles-Pierre AugereauCharles-Pierre Augereau was born in the Faubourg Saint-Marceau district of Paris on the 21st of October 1757. His father worked as a fruit seller, though…