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28 August 1366. Tours. Died. 21 June 1421. (1421-06-21) (aged 54) Yorkshire. Jean II Le Maingre ( Old French: Jehan le Meingre), also known as Boucicaut (28 August 1366 – 21 June 1421), was a French knight and military leader. Renowned for his military skill and embodiment of chivalry, he was made a marshal of France .
He was named Marshal of France in 1554. Later he fought in the defence of the Republic of Siena against Cosimo de' Medici , leading a French army. He obtained a pyrrhic victory at Pontedera on 11 June 1554, but his army could not receive help from the ships of his brother Leone (who had been killed by an arquebus shot near Castiglione della Pescaia ) and he was forced to retreat to Pistoia .
Defense of Paris. Louis-Nicolas d'Avout ( French pronunciation: [lwi nikɔla davu]; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
German spring offensive. Hundred Days Offensive. Ferdinand Foch ( / fɒʃ / FOSH, French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ fɔʃ]; 2 October 1851 [1] – 20 March 1929) [2] was a French general, Marshal of France and member of the Académie Française. He distinguished himself as Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front during the First World War in 1918.
First Marshal of Poland 2 Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) 13 April 1923 71 years, 193 days French general who was Supreme Allied Commander during World War I, also made Marshal of France and an honorary British Field Marshal: 3 Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886–1941) 10 November 1936 50 years, 244 days Served as Marshal until World War II.
Doyen of the Marshals of France of his time, he attended the funeral of President-Marshal Duke de Mac-Mahon and was saluted by Russian Admiral Avellane on behalf of the Russian Emperor (French: Empereur de Russie). This was his last public official appearance. He died in his Parisian home, on 28 January 1895. His funeral was celebrated on Sunday, 3 February 1895, at the Church of Saint-Louis ...
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne [ty.ʁɛn], was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family, his military exploits over his five-decade career earned him ...
