Jean Lannes
Military Person
1769 – 1809
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Who was Jean Lannes?
Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of the Empire. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant". A personal friend of the emperor, he was allowed to address him with the familiar "tu", as opposed to the formal "vous".
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1769
Lectoure - Children
- Nationality
- First French Empire
- French First Republic
- Died
- May 31, 1809
Ebersdorf, Styria - Resting place
- Panthéon, Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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