List of Marshals of the First French Empire

Marshal of the Empire (Fr. Maréchal d'Empire) was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was created by Sénatus-consulte on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent resurrected the formerly abolished title of Marshal of France. According to the Sénatus-consulte, a Marshal was a grand officer of the Empire, entitled to a high-standing position at the Court and to the presidency of an electoral college.

Marshals

• Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neufchâtel and of Wagram, Duke of Valangin (1753–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Joachim Murat, Prince of the Empire, Grand Duke of Clèves and Berg, King of Naples (1767–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Duke of Conégliano (1754–1842), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Count Jourdan (1762–1833), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling (1758–1817), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Charles Pierre François Augereau, Duke of Castiglione (1757–1816), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Prince of Pontecorvo, King of Sweden & Norway, Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Guillaume Brune, Count Brune (1763–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia (1769–1851), Marshal of the Empire in 1804, Marshal General of France in 1847
• Jean Lannes, Duke of Montebello (1769–1809), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 †
• Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso (1768–1835), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moscow (1769–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Louis-Nicolas Davout, Duke of Auerstädt, Prince of Eckmühl (1770–1823), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
• Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istria (1768–1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 †
• François Christophe de Kellermann, Duke of Valmy (1737–1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
• François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (1755–1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
• Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Marquis of Grenade (1754–1818), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
• Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Count Sérurier (1742–1819), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
• Claude Victor, Duke of Belluno (1764–1841), Marshal of the Empire in 1807
• Jacques MacDonald, Duke of Taranto (1765–1840), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
• Nicolas Oudinot, Duke of Reggio (1767–1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
• Auguste Marmont, Duke of Ragusa (1774–1852), Marshal of the Empire in 1809
• Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albufera (1770–1826), Marshal of the Empire in 1811
• Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764–1830), Marshal of the Empire in 1812
• Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (1763–1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1813 †
• Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis of Grouchy (1766–1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1815

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External links

• Soldiers of Fortitude: The Grande Armee of 1812 in Russia by Major James T. McGhee
• Uniforms of Napoleon's Guard