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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

1764 - 1830

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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (French: [loʁɑ̃ də ɡuvjɔ̃ sɛ̃ siʁ]; 13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a made a Marshal of the Empire in 1812 by Emperor Napoleon, who regarded him as his finest general in defensive warfare. Gouvion Saint-Cyr showed an early interest in drawing, but with the onset of the French Revolution, he joined the French Revolutionary Army in September 1792 and experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks. Promoted to general of division in June 1794, he fought the Austrians in Germany and Italy under the command of generals Moreau and Jourdan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr is the 223rd most popular nobleman (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,065th most popular biography from France (down from 932nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 223 out of 1,415. Before her are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, Agnes of Waiblingen, and Cynegils. After her are Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Guntram the Rich, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 3. Before her are Élisabeth of France, and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno. After her are Ann Radcliffe, José Gervasio Artigas, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, John Goodricke, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, and Nikolai Rezanov. Among people deceased in 1830, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 10. Before her are Joseph Fourier, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Adam Weishaupt, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, and Antonio José de Sucre. After her are Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Thomas Lawrence, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 1,065 out of 6,770. Before her are Charles III of Navarre (1361), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082), Peter Faber (1506), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845). After her are Laurent Blanc (1965), Tetricus I (250), René Cassin (1887), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), and Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 35. Before her are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Robert Curthose (1054), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Bertrada of Laon (720), Germaine of Foix (1488), and Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753). After her are Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726), Anne de Montmorency (1493), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1955), and Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178).

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