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Jacques MacDonald

1765 - 1840

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Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, 1st duc de Tarente (French pronunciation: [etjɛn ʒak ʒozɛf alɛksɑ̃dʁ makdɔnald]; 17 November 1765 – 25 September 1840), was a Marshal of the Empire and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. While not as famous as the other marshals of Napoleon, he was nonetheless a first-rate and successful general. Macdonald distinguished himself during the War of the First Coalition, with Macdonald being instrumental in the French victory during the Flanders campaign. He saw service in the Low Countries, Germany and Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques MacDonald is the 199th most popular military personnel (up from 527th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,450th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Military Personnel.

Jacques MacDonald was a French general who was most famous for his role in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the son of an Irish father and French mother, and he served as a general under Napoleon.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jacques MacDonald ranks 199 out of 2,058. Before him are Abraha, Gertrude Bell, Georg von Küchler, Captain Tom, Mikhail Frunze, and Djemal Pasha. After him are Zhou Yu, Chūichi Nagumo, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Alfred von Schlieffen, Syagrius, and Chester W. Nimitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Jacques MacDonald ranks 7. Before him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Pope Gregory XVI, Nicéphore Niépce, Eli Whitney, Pyotr Bagration, and Robert Fulton. After him are Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karl Ludwig Harding, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Paolo Ruffini. Among people deceased in 1840, Jacques MacDonald ranks 8. Before him are Caspar David Friedrich, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Frederick William III of Prussia, Siméon Denis Poisson, Emperor Kōkaku, and Lucien Bonaparte. After him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques MacDonald ranks 643 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Ansgar (801), Joseph Proust (1754), Karl Brandt (1904), Margaret of Anjou (1430), and Camille Flammarion (1842). After him are Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Sophie Marceau (1966), Aristide Maillol (1861), Madeleine of Valois (1520), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), and Madame de La Fayette (1634).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jacques MacDonald ranks 20. Before 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). After him are Syagrius (430), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Maurice Gamelin (1872), and Pierre Augereau (1757).

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