biography
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Berthier, Louis Alexandre
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pronunciation:
[bairtyay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1753–1815)
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| biography:
| French general, the first marshal of the French empire, born in Versailles, NC France. In the French Revolution he rose to be chief-of-staff in the Army of Italy (1795), and in 1798 proclaimed the republic in Rome. He became chief-of-staff to Napoleon, who made him Prince of Neuchâftel and Wagram. After Napoleon's fall he had to surrender the principality of Neuchâftel, but was allowed to keep his rank as peer and marshal. |
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