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Michel Ney
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French general (born 1769–1815)
Michel Ney was a French military commander who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars and became one of Napoleon's most trusted generals. He remains a notable historical figure due to his significant military leadership during a transformative period in European history.
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- Les Yvelines
- A propos du pouvoir antibiotique du sang
- Mémoires du Maréchal Ney, Duc d'elchingen, Prince de Moskowa...
- Mémoires du Maréchal Ney, Publ. Par Sa Famille
- Procès du Maréchal Ney
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- 1769-01-10
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- 1815-12-07
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- Michel Ney
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- 1787-00-00
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- Vive la France! Camerades, visez droit au cœur!
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Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen ( pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The son of a cooper from Saarlouis, Ney worked as a civil servant until 1787 when he enlisted in a cavalry regiment, right before the outbreak of French Revolution. Distinguishing himself as a cavalry officer in the War of the First Coalition, he quickly rose through the ranks and, by the Battle of Hohenlinden (1800), he had been promoted to divisional general. On Napoleon's proclamation of the French Empire, Ney was named one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire. He played an instrumental role during Napoleon's subsequent campaigns, seeing action at Elchingen (1805), Jena (1806) and Eylau (1807). Ney commanded the French rearguard during the disastrous invasion of Russia, for which he was lauded as "the bravest of the brave" by the emperor.