Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duc d'Istrie was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon in 1804.
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Jean-Baptiste Bessières, adjutant in 1792 by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, 1835
Bessières leading the cavalry of the Consular Guard in a charge at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800. Painting by Alphonse Lalauze.
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse
Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Marshal of the Empire and Colonel General of the cavalry of the Imperial Guard. Illustration by Job.
Marshal Bessières on horseback by Ernest Meissonier, c. 1864
Battle of Wagram, 6 June 1809 by Horace Vernet, 1836. Behind Napoleon, Bessières is thrown to the ground by the death of his horse.Awards 11
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Jean-Andoche JunotAlso won Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Christ
Jean LannesAlso won Marshal of the Empire
Jan Henryk DąbrowskiAlso won Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy)
Prince Eitel Friedrich of PrussiaAlso won Military Order of St. Henry
PrajadhipokAlso won Order of Leopold
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of PombalAlso won Order of ChristAbout this person
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1768 to 1813 · aged 44
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