Louis-Gabriel Suchet
✓ Source-basedstableFrench military commander (1770-1826)
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra, was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the Peninsular War, he was remembered as a skilled administrator. He is placed among the greatest commanders of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Suchet as a lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Ardèche Battalion in 1792, by Vincent-Nicolas Raverat (1834)
Heraldic achievement of Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Duke of Albuféra
Suchet receiving the surrender of Tortosa on 2 January 1811 (detail), by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond (c. 1836)
Portrait of Marshal Suchet in Spain by Vicente López Portaña, c. 1813
Suchet's grave in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, ParisAwards 7
Connected to Louis-Gabriel 6
Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de GrouchyAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Louis
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de MonceyAlso won Marshal of the Empire
Anne de MontmorencyAlso won Marshal of France
Louis Franchet d'EspèreyAlso won Marshal of France
Pierre AugereauAlso won Marshal of the Empire
Joseph François DupleixAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of Saint LouisAbout this person
Country
FranceCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1770 to 1826 · aged 55
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