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Also known as Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, 1st Duke of Ragusa, Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de Marmont, Marmont

French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852)

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  • Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse - Tome VIII
  • Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse - Tome VII
  • Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse - Tome IX
  • Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse - Tome I
  • Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse - Tome II

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Type
Group
Origin
France
Active from
2005
electropop

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Key facts

Born
( 1774-07-20 ) 20 July 1774, Châtillon-sur-Seine , France
Died
22 March 1852 (1852-03-22) (aged 77), Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Branch
French Army
Rank
Marshal of the Empire
Awards
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Châtillon-sur-Seine
Place of death
Venice
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Noble title
duke
Military branch
artillery branch
Image
Viesse-de-marmont.jpg
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Commons category
Auguste de Marmont
date of birth
1774-07-20
date of death
1852-03-22
place of burial
Châtillon-sur-Seine
name in native language
Zurulló Grande Voix
allegiance
France
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Encyclopedic overview

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse ( French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁedeʁik lwi vjɛs də maʁmɔ̃]; 20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title Duke of Ragusa (French: duc de Raguse). In the Peninsular War, Marmont succeeded the disgraced André Masséna as commander of the French army in northern Spain but lost decisively at the Battle of Salamanca as France ultimately lost the war in Spain.

At the close of the War of the Sixth Coalition, Marmont went over to the Restoration and remained loyal to the Bourbons through the Hundred Days. This gave Marmont a reputation as a traitor among the remaining Bonapartists, and in French society more broadly. He led the royalist Paris garrison during the July Revolution in 1830, but his efforts proved incapable of quelling the revolution, leading King Charles X to accuse Marmont of betraying the Bourbons as he had betrayed the Bonapartes.

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