Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Marshal of the Empire Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr
Portrait by Horace Vernet, 1821
Minister of War
In office 7 July 1815 – 26 September 1815
Preceded by	Louis-Nicolas Davout
Succeeded by	Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
In office 12 September 1817 – 19 November 1819
Preceded by	Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
Succeeded by	Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg
Minister of the Navy and the Colonies
In office 23 June 1817 – 12 September 1817
Preceded by	François Joseph de Gratet, Vicomte de Dubouchage
Succeeded by	Louis-Mathieu Molé
Personal details
Born	(1764-04-13)13 April 1764 Toul, Three Bishoprics, Kingdom of France
Died	17 March 1830(1830-03-17) (aged 65) Hyères, Var, Kingdom of France
Awards	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of the French  French First Republic  First French Empire Kingdom of France
Branch/service	French Royal Army French Revolutionary Army French Imperial Army French Royal Army
Years of service	1792–1814 1815–1819
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Battles/wars	See list: Napoleonic Wars War of the First Coalition Battle of Mainz (1795) Battle of Rastatt (1796) Battle of Ettlingen (1796) Battle of Neresheim (1796) Battle of Emmendingen (1796) Battle of Biberach (1796) Battle of Schliengen (1796) Siege of Kehl (1796–1797) War of the Second Coalition Battle of Novi (1799) Second Battle of Novi (1799) Battle of Stockach (1800) Battle of Messkirch (1800) Battle of Biberach (1800) War of the Oranges (1801) War of the Third Coalition Battle of Castelfranco Veneto (1805) Invasion of Naples (1806) War of the Fourth Coalition Peninsular War Siege of Roses (1808) Battle of Cardedeu (1808) Battle of Molins de Rei (1808) Battle of Valls (1809) Third Siege of Girona (1809) French invasion of Russia First Battle of Polotsk (1812) Second Battle of Polotsk (1812) War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Dresden (1813)

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ də ɡuvjɔ̃ sɛ̃ siʁ]; 13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire. He is regarded as Napoleon's finest commander in defensive warfare.