Guillaume Brune Count of the Empire | |
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![]() Portrait by Eugène Bataille after an original by Marie-Guillemine Benoist. The original, commissioned by Napoleon and executed in 1805, was lost in the fire that destroyed the Tuileries Palace in 1871. | |
Born | 13 March 1764 Brive-la-Gaillarde, France |
Died | 2 August 1815 Avignon, France | (aged 52)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1791–1815 |
Rank | Marshal of the Empire |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour |
Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (French pronunciation: [ɡijom maʁi an bʁyn], 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
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