Jean-Baptiste Bessières Military person

Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st Duc d' Istria (6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a Marshal of France of the Napoleonic Era. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a Divisional General. Their cousin, Géraud-Pierre-Henri-Julien, also served Napoleon I as a diplomat and Imperial official.

Personal facts

Jean-Baptiste Bessières
Birth dateAugust 06, 1768
Birth place
Prayssac
Date of deathMay 01, 1813
Place of death
Saxony-Anhalt , Weißenfels

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Military person

allegiance
First French Empire (1804-1813)
French First Republic (1792-1804)
border22px Kingdom of France (1791-1792)
award
Marshal of France
Order of the Iron Crown
Istria
Legion of Honour
Military Order of St. Henry
Order of Christ (Portugal)
Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
military operations
Napoleonic Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
military branch
Grande Armée
Army of the Pyrenees
Army of the Moselle
relation
Bertrand Bessières
Julien Bessières
service start1791
service end1813

Topical connections

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Jean-Baptiste Bessières on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/napoleon.htm#duches