Marshal of France

The title of '''marshal of France''' (''maréchal de France'') was derived from the office of ''marescallus Franciae'' created by Mosquito ringtone Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa Sabrina Martins 1190). It later became a distinction and takes precedence above the Nextel ringtones constable, which was originally an office above the Abbey Diaz marshal. Up to Free ringtones 1791, there were 256 marshals of France. This title was abolished by the Majo Mills National Convention in Mosquito ringtone 1793.

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legacy comprises Philippe Pétain, awarded the distinction of marshal of France for his generalship in the First World War, retained his title even after his trial and imprisonment and being stripped of other positions and titles.

The last living marshal of France was fans say Alphonse Pierre Juin, promoted moralistic eager 1952, who died in subsidized in 1967.


Some marshals of France
*racetracks in Albéric Clément (died circa 1190) - first Marshal of France
*dsm insults Jean Le Maingre (''1366-1421'') - fine qualities 1391
*today money Gilles de Rais (''1404-1440'') - dramatic exits 1429
*mo better Anne de Montmorency (''1492-1567'') - clever parody 1522
*Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (''1485-1528'') - 1527
*Henri Ier de Montmorency (''1534-1614'') - 1567
*Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc (''c. 1502-1577'') - 1574
*Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron (''1524-1592'') - 1576
*Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon (1555-1623) - 1592
*Henri II de Montmorency (''1595-1632'') - 1630
*Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (''1611-1675'') - 1643
*François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg (''1628-1695'') - 1675
*Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (''1615 - 1690'') - 1675
*Louis François, duc de Boufflers (''1644-1711'') - 1692
*Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars (''1653-1734'') - 1702
*Vauban/Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban (''1633-1707'') - 1703
*James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed (''1670-1734'') - 1703
*Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (''1647-1727'') - 1724
*Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles (''1678-1766'') - 1734
*François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (''1671-1745'') - 1734
*Maurice, comte de Saxe (''1696-1750'') - 1743

=First Empire=
*Pierre François Charles Augereau ''(1757-1816)'' - 1804
*Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ''(1763-1844)'' - 1804
*Louis Alexandre Berthier ''(1753-1815)'' - 1804
*Jean-Baptiste Bessières ''(1768-1813)'' - 1804
*Guillaume Brune ''(1763-1815)'' - 1804
*Louis Nicolas Davout ''(1770-1823)'' - 1804
*Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ''(1762-1833)'' - 1804
*François Christophe Kellermann ''(1735-1820)'' - 1804
*Jean Lannes ''(1769-1809)'' - 1804
*François Joseph Lefebvre ''(1755-1820)'' - 1804
*André Masséna ''(1756-1817)'' - 1804
*Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey ''(1754-1842)'' - 1804
*Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier ''(1768-1835)'' - 1804
*Joachim Murat ''(1767-1815)'' - May 18 1804
*Michel Ney ''(1769-1815)'' - 1804
*Dominique Catherine de Pérignon ''(1754-1818)'' - 1804
*Jean-Mathieu-Philibert, comte Sérurier ''(1742-1819)'' - 1804
*Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult ''(1769-1851)'' - 1804
*Claude Perrin Victor ''(1764-1841)'' - 1807
*Etienne Macdonald ''(1765-1840)'' - July 6 1809
*Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont ''(1774-1852)'' - 1809
*Nicolas Charles Oudinot ''(1767-1847)'' - 1809
*Louis Gabriel Suchet ''(1770-1826)'' - 1811
*Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ''(1764-1830)'' - 1812
*Józef Antoni Poniatowski ''(1763-1813)'' - 1813

=Restoration=
*Jean Victor Moreau ''(1763-1813)'' - 1814 (''posthumous'')
*Georges Cadoudal ''(1771-1804)'' - 1814 (''posthumous'')

=Second Empire=
*Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani - 1840
*Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier ''(1794-1864)'' - 1851
*Jean-Isidore Harispe - ''(1768-1855)'' December 11 1851
*Jean-Baptiste Vaillant - ''(1790-1862)'' - December 11 1851
*Boniface de Castellane - ''(1788-1862)'' - December 2 1852
*Bernard Pierre Magnan ''(1791-1865)'' - December 2 1852
*Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud/Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud ''(1801-1854)'' - December 2 1852
*Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers - ''(1795-1878)'' - August 28 1854
*Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier ''(1794-1864)'' - September 12 1855
*Pierre Bosquet ''(1810-1861)'' - March 18 1856
*François Certain Canrobert ''(1809-1895)'' - March 18 1856
*Jacques Louis Randon ''(1795-1871)'' - March 18 1856
*Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta/Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon ''(1808-1898)'' - June 5 1859
*Adolphe Niel ''(1802-1869)'' - June 25 1859
*Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely ''(1794-1870)'' - June 5 1859
*Philippe Antoine d'Ornano ''(1784-1863)'' - April 2 1861
*Élie Frédéric Forey ''(1804-1872)'' - July 2 1863
*François Achille Bazaine ''(1811-1888)'' - September 5 1864
*Edmond Le Buf ''(1809-1888)'' - March 24 1870

=World War I=
*Joseph Joffre/ Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre ''(1852-1931)'' - December 25 1916
*Philippe Pétain ''(1856-1951)'' - 1918
*Ferdinand Foch ''(1851-1929)'' - 1918
*Émile Fayolle ''(1852-1928)'' - 1921
*Louis Félix Marie Franchet d'Esperey ''(1856-1942)'' - 1921
*Joseph Simon Gallieni ''(1849-1916)'' - 1921 (''posthumous'')
*Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey ''(1854-1934)'' - 1921
*Joseph Maunoury ''(1847-1923)'' - 1923 (''posthumous'')

=World War II=
*Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ''(1889-1952)'' - 1952 (''posthumous'')
*Alphonse Juin ''(1888-1967)'' - 1952
*Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ''(1902-1947)'' - August 23 1952(posthumous)
*Marie Pierre Kœnig ''(1898-1970)'' - 1984 (''posthumous'')

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