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4 unusual facts about Auguste de Marmont


Acte de déchéance de l'Empereur

The Allies arrived at the outskirts of Paris in late March, and Talleyrand maneuvered to take upon himself to negotiate the capitulation of Marmont, who defended the capital.

Auguste de Marmont

But Wellington more than retrieved his position in the battle, and inflicted a severe defeat on the French.

His love of soldiering soon showed itself, and his father took him to Dijon to learn mathematics prior to entering the artillery, and there he made the acquaintance of Napoleon Bonaparte, which he renewed after obtaining his commission when he served in Toulon.

Marmont was born at Châtillon-sur-Seine, the son of an ex-officer in the army who belonged to the petite noblesse and adopted the principles of the Revolution.


Charles Pierre Chapsal

In 1801 the château was purchased by general Nicolas Oudinot (1767-1847), who organized the 5 floréal an X (2 April 1802) a dinner of officers hostile to Bonaparte: the generals Delmas and Marmont, and colonel Fournier.

Nicolas Beaujon

Their children each married into the military nobility of the Empire; Hortense to Auguste de Marmont the Duke de Raguse, with no children, and Alphonse, now the Count de Perregaux, to the daughter of Marshall Jacques MacDonald.


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