Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Military Person
1762 – 1833
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Who was Jean-Baptiste Jourdan?
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan, enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled to the Bourbon Restoration. He was one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary Army.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1762
Limoges - Nationality
- French First Republic
- Died
- Nov 23, 1833
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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