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Guillaume Philibert Duhesme

1766 - 1815

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Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme, (French pronunciation: [ɡijom filibɛʁ dyɛm]) born on 7 July 1766 in Mercurey (formerly Bourgneuf), Burgundy, killed on 20 June 1815 near Waterloo, was a French general, politician and writer during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He was a commander of the Imperial Guard, Governor of Catalonia and a Peer of France. Napoleon wrote that "he was a fearless soldier, covered with wounds and of the greatest bravery, an accomplished general, who always stood firm in good and bad fortune". Duhesme is widely regarded as one of the greatest infantry generals of the Napoleonic Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Philibert Duhesme is the 1,488th most popular military personnel (down from 1,435th in 2019), the 3,665th most popular biography from France (down from 3,435th in 2019) and the 130th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ranks 1,488 out of 2,058. Before him are Pavel Chichagov, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Kijirō Nambu, Alexander of Lyncestis, Sergei Khudyakov, and Tzachas. After him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Attalus, Naser Orić, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Oleg Salyukov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ranks 31. Before him are Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Joseph Weigl, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, John Leslie, and Samuel Wilson. After him are Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Jacob Perkins, William Townsend Aiton, Benjamin Smith Barton, Isaac D'Israeli, and Aaron Alexandre. Among people deceased in 1815, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ranks 26. Before him are James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, and John Singleton Copley. After him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, and Jakub Jan Ryba.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ranks 3,665 out of 6,770. Before him are Micheline Ostermeyer (1922), André Cardinal Destouches (1672), Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (1851), Émile Duclaux (1840), Henri Fabre (1882), and Louis Lumière (1864). After him are Éric Serra (1959), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Georges Descrières (1930), Jean Robic (1921), Philippe Étancelin (1896), and Jacques Cujas (1522).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ranks 130. Before him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers (1753), Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency (1595), François Séverin Marceau (1769), Louis Faidherbe (1818), Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (1729), and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883). After him are Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor (1770), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), Adolphe Niel (1802), Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889), Jean Decoux (1884), and François Perrier (1833).

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