For the French mathematician, see Jean Lannes (mathematician).
Marshal of the Empire
Jean Lannes
Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz
Lannes in the uniform of colonel of the hussars, by Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin (between 1805–1810)
Nickname(s)
Roland of the Grande Armée, Achilles of the Grande Armée
Born
(1769-04-10)10 April 1769 Lectoure, Guyenne-Gascony, Kingdom of France
Died
31 May 1809(1809-05-31) (aged 40) Ebersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Buried
Panthéon, Paris
Allegiance
Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French First French Republic First French Empire
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1792–1809
Rank
Marshal of the Empire
Battles/wars
French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Loano
Second Battle of Dego
Battle of Bassano
Battle of Arcole
Battle of Abukir
Battle of Montebello
Battle of Marengo
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Saalfeld
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
Battle of Friedland
Battle of Tudela
Second Siege of Zaragoza
Battle of Aspern-Essling †
Awards
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown Duke of the Empire[1]
Spouse(s)
Paulette Méric
(m. 1795; ann. 1800)
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello
(m. 1800)
Relations
Gustave Olivier Lannes de Montebello (son)
Signature
Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals, and is regarded by many as one of history's greatest military commanders. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant".[2] A personal friend of the emperor,[3] he was allowed to address him with the familiar tu, as opposed to the formal vous.
^Paris, Louis (1869). Dictionnaire des anoblissements (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Bachelin-Deflorenne.
^"Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, French general". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^Rothenberg, Gunther E. (2004). The emperor's last victory: Napoleon and the Battle of Wagram. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0297846728. OCLC 56653068.
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