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Louis-Gabriel Suchet

1770 - 1826

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Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra (French pronunciation: [lwi ɡabʁijɛl syʃɛ]; 2 March 1770 – 3 January 1826), was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the Peninsular War (part of the Napoleonic Wars), he was remembered as a skilled administrator. He is placed among the greatest commanders of the Napoleonic Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis-Gabriel Suchet is the 265th most popular military personnel (up from 568th in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,547th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Military Personnel.

Louis-Gabriel Suchet, a French general, was most famous for his military victories in the Peninsular War and the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Louis-Gabriel Suchet ranks 265 out of 2,058Before him are J. D. Tippit, Date Masamune, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Federico da Montefeltro, Eumenes, and Pedro de Alvarado. After him are Karl-Otto Koch, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Han Xin, Sejanus, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, Louis-Gabriel Suchet ranks 9Before him are Frederick William III of Prussia, Friedrich Hölderlin, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, William Wordsworth, and William Clark. After him are François Gérard, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Anton Reicha, Theodoros Kolokotronis, and Manuel Belgrano. Among people deceased in 1826, Louis-Gabriel Suchet ranks 11Before him are Joseph von Fraunhofer, John VI of Portugal, Philippe Pinel, René Laennec, Joseph Proust, and Maria Leopoldina of Austria. After him are Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Nikolay Karamzin, Frederica of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna, and Johann Elert Bode.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Gabriel Suchet ranks 802 out of 6,770Before him are Charles II of Navarre (1332), Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Eric Cantona (1966), Bernard Gui (1261), and Isabella of Angoulême (1188). After him are Jacques Audiard (1952), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Jean Meslier (1664), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), and Pierre André Latreille (1762).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Louis-Gabriel Suchet ranks 30Before him are Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Pierre Augereau (1757), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), and Bertrand du Guesclin (1320). After him are Robert Nivelle (1856), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902).