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Michel Ney

1769 - 1815

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Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The son of a cooper from Saarlouis, Ney worked as a civil servant until 1787 when he enlisted in a cavalry regiment, right before the outbreak of French Revolution. Distinguishing himself as a cavalry officer in the War of the First Coalition, he quickly rose through the ranks and, by the Battle of Hohenlinden (1800), he had been promoted to divisional general. On Napoleon's proclamation of the French Empire, Ney was named one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Ney is the 77th most popular military personnel (down from 48th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Germany (down from 129th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Military Personnel.

Michel Ney was a French military commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He was known for his military prowess and his loyalty to Napoleon.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Michel Ney ranks 77 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Model, T. E. Lawrence, Stanislav Petrov, Erich Raeder, Hasdrubal Barca, and Ferdinand Foch. After him are Eli Cohen, Günther von Kluge, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Nero Claudius Drusus, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Michel Ney ranks 5. Before him are Napoleon, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and Georges Cuvier. After him are Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Jean Lannes, Ivan Krylov, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Ivan Kotliarevsky. Among people deceased in 1815, Michel Ney ranks 2. Before him is Joachim Murat. After him are Sarah Baartman, Franz Mesmer, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jan Potocki, Guillaume Brune, Carsten Niebuhr, Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, and Smithson Tennant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michel Ney ranks 221 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Hans Frank (1900), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Wim Wenders (1945), Baron d'Holbach (1723), and Georg Bednorz (1950). After him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Georg Simmel (1858), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), and Otto von Guericke (1602).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Michel Ney ranks 15. Before him are Alfred Jodl (1890), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Baron Munchausen (1720), Ernst Röhm (1887), Walter Model (1891), and Erich Raeder (1876). After him are Klaus Barbie (1913), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Albert Kesselring (1885), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), and John of Austria (1547).

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