MILITARY PERSONNEL

André Masséna

1758 - 1817

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André Masséna, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli (born Andrea Massena; 6 May 1758 – 4 April 1817), was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. He was nicknamed l'Enfant chéri de la Victoire (the Dear Child of Victory). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Masséna has received more than 623,014 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). André Masséna is the 121st most popular military personnel (up from 135th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from France and the 13th most popular French Military Personnel.

André Masséna is most famous for his victory at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, André Masséna ranks 121 out of 2,058. Before him are Louis-Nicolas Davout, Vasily Chuikov, Cimon, Gaius Julius Caesar, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Jean Lannes. After him are Hermann Hoth, Michael Wittmann, Hiroo Onoda, Nestor Makhno, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Werner von Blomberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, André Masséna ranks 6. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, James Monroe, Noah Webster, and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. After him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Kamehameha I, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Franz Joseph Gall, and Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1817, André Masséna ranks 5. Before him are Jane Austen, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Germaine de Staël, and Charles Messier. After him are Marie Walewska, Karađorđe, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, and Fyodor Ushakov.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Masséna ranks 412 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Marcel Marceau (1923), and Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682). After him are Jean Fouquet (1420), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Lucien Bonaparte (1775), Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Alexis Carrel (1873), and Pytheas (-380).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, André Masséna ranks 13. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean Lannes (1769). After him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Joseph Joffre (1852), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Auguste de Marmont (1774), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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