François Certain de Canrobert
French General, Marshal of France (1809-1895) · France · On the map · Died at 85
François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert was a French Marshal. He demonstrated ability during the Second French Empire while participating in the Battle of the Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte.
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Portrait of Marshal Canrobert by Horace Vernet, 1857. Maréchal de camp François Certain de Canrobert in the Palace of Versailles.
Commemorative plaque honouring François Certain de Canrobert and Adolphe Niel in Carpenedolo.
The Eglantine Castle, built in the middle of the 19th century by Marshal Canrobert.
Formal Portrait of Marshal de Canrobert by Nélie Jacquemart (1870).
Alfred Lenoir, details of the Statue of Marshal Canrobert (1897) at Saint-Céré.
Commemorative plaque honouring François Certain de Canrobert in Castel Goffredo.Awards
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A staunch supporter of Napoleon III, he became, under the French Third Republic, one of the leading figures in the Bonapartist party and chairman, from 1876 to 1894, of the Senate within the French parliamentary group Appel au peuple.