Charles-Pierre Augereau

Marshal of the Empire Charles-Pierre-François Augereau Duke of Castiglione
Portrait by Robert Lefèvre (1805)
Born	(1757-10-21)21 October 1757 Paris, France
Died	12 June 1816(1816-06-12) (aged 58) La Houssaye-en-Brie, France
Buried	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Allegiance	Kingdom of France  Kingdom of Prussia  Kingdom of Naples  Kingdom of Portugal  Kingdom of the French  First French Republic  First French Empire Bourbon Restoration
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1774–1815
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars Battle of Boulou Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga Battle of the Black Mountain Battle of Loano Montenotte campaign Battle of Millesimo Battle of Fombio Battle of Borghetto Battle of Castiglione Battle of Rovereto Third Siege of Gerona Battle of Eylau Battle of Jena-Auerstedt Ulm campaign
Awards	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain Knight of the Order of Saint Louis Peer of France
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Charles Pierre François Augereau, 1st Duke of Castiglione (21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816)^[1] was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the Revolutionary Wars, he earned rapid promotion while fighting against Spain and soon found himself as a division commander under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy. He fought in all of Bonaparte's battles of 1796 with great distinction. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon entrusted Augereau with important commands. His life ended under a cloud because of his poor timing in switching sides between Napoleon and King Louis XVIII of France. Napoleon wrote of Augereau that he "has plenty of character, courage, firmness, activity; is inured to war; is well liked by the soldiery; is fortunate in his operations.".^[2] Augereau is generally counted as one of the most capable generals of the Napoleonic Wars.