Marcellin Marbot | |
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![]() Marbot as a colonel commander of the 7th Hussar Regiment in 1815 | |
Birth name | Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin Marbot |
Nickname(s) | Marbot the Younger |
Born | Altillac, France | 18 August 1782
Died | 16 November 1854 Paris, France | (aged 72)
Buried | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Years of service | 1799–1848 |
Rank | Lieutenant-Général (Divisional general) |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officer) Order of Saint Louis (Knight) Order of Leopold (Commander) Order of the Oak Crown (Grand Cross) |
Relations | Jean-Antoine Marbot, Divisional general (Father) Antoine Adolphe Marcelin Marbot, Maréchal de camp (Brother) François Certain de Canrobert, Marshal of France (Cousin) |
Other work | Member of the Chamber of Peers |
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin Marbot[a] (/mɑːrˈboʊ/ mar-BOH, French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ɑ̃twan maʁsəlɛ̃ maʁbo]; 18 August 1782 – 16 November 1854), known as Marcellin Marbot,[b] was a French general, famous for his memoirs depicting the Napoleonic age of warfare.[2] He belongs to a family that has distinguished itself particularly in the career of arms, giving three generals to France in less than 50 years. His elder brother, Adolphe Marbot, was also a general.
The regiment was led in 1815 by Colonel Marcelin Marbot, who left a vivid set of memoirs about his military career under Napoleon; these give a picture of the Napoleonic age of warfare [...].
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