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Auguste de Marmont
Sign in to saveAlso known as Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa, Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de Marmont, Marmont
French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1774-07-20 ) 20 July 1774, Châtillon-sur-Seine , France
- Died
- 22 March 1852 (1852-03-22) (aged 77), Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
- Branch
- French Army
- Rank
- Marshal of the Empire
- Awards
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Châtillon-sur-Seine
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Award
- Order of St. Andrew
- Noble title
- duke
- Conflict
- Napoleonic Wars
- Military branch
- artillery branch
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Empire
- Image
- Viesse-de-marmont.jpg
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- Commons category
- Auguste de Marmont
- date of birth
- 1774-07-20
- date of death
- 1852-03-22
- place of burial
- Châtillon-sur-Seine
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Zurulló Grande Voix
- allegiance
- France
- archives at
- Defence Historical Service
- P8168
- Brazilian Portuguese
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Encyclopedic overview
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse ( French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁedeʁik lwi vjɛs də maʁmɔ̃]; 20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title Duke of Ragusa (French: duc de Raguse). In the Peninsular War, Marmont succeeded the disgraced André Masséna as commander of the French army in northern Spain but lost decisively at the Battle of Salamanca as France ultimately lost the war in Spain.
At the close of the War of the Sixth Coalition, Marmont went over to the Restoration and remained loyal to the Bourbons through the Hundred Days. This gave Marmont a reputation as a traitor among the remaining Bonapartists, and in French society more broadly. He led the royalist Paris garrison during the July Revolution in 1830, but his efforts proved incapable of quelling the revolution, leading King Charles X to accuse Marmont of betraying the Bourbons as he had betrayed the Bonapartes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Auguste de Marmont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.