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 Valengin. (1753–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Joachim Murat, Prince d'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 Ponte Corvo, Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, Count Brune (1763–1815), Marshal of the Empire in 1804
Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatie (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 Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Trévise (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 Auerstaedt, 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 Dantzig (1755–1820), Marshal of the Empire in 1804 (Honorary)
Dominique Catherine 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 Bellune (1764–1841), Marshal of the Empire in 1807
Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, Duke of Tarento (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, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (1764–1830), Marshal of the Empire in 1812
Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Prince Poniatowski (1763–1813), Marshal of the Empire in 1813 †
Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, (1766–1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1815

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

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