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André Masséna

1758 - 1817

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André Masséna, prince d'Essling, duc de Rivoli (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe massena]; born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817), was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I, who nicknamed him "the dear child of victory" (l'enfant chéri de la victoire). He is considered to be one of the greatest generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Beginning his career as an enlisted soldier under the ancien régime, Masséna established himself as one of the best generals of the French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Masséna is the 145th most popular military personnel (down from 121st in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from France (down from 412th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Military Personnel.

André Masséna is most famous for his victory at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, André Masséna ranks 145 out of 2,058. Before him are Ludwig Beck, Abu Muslim, August von Mackensen, Werner von Blomberg, Franz Halder, and Bohemond I of Antioch. After him are Erwin von Witzleben, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Erich von Falkenhayn, Helmuth Weidling, and Perdiccas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, André Masséna ranks 6. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Noah Webster, and James Monroe. After him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Kamehameha I, Franz Joseph Gall, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1817, André Masséna ranks 6. Before him are Jane Austen, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, and Charles Messier. After him are Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Masséna ranks 486 out of 6,770. Before him are Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Roger Vadim (1928), Fernand Léger (1881), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Charles Nicolle (1866), and Stephen, King of England (1095). After him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), and Childebert I (497).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, André Masséna ranks 13. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769). After him are Joseph Joffre (1852), Jean Lannes (1769), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611).

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