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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

1768 - 1813

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Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st duc d'Istrie (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist bɛsjɛʁ]; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a divisional general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Bessières has received more than 275,149 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Bessières is the 358th most popular military personnel (up from 374th in 2019), the 998th most popular biography from France (up from 1,077th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Military Personnel.

Jean-Baptiste Bessières was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most trusted generals. He led troops in the Napoleonic Wars, including at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 358 out of 1,468Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Jean-Andoche Junot, Pierre Augereau, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Francisco de Miranda, and Mamai. After him are Mitsuo Fuchida, Thrasybulus, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, and Kul Tigin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 10Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Frederick VI of Denmark, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karađorđe, and Louis Desaix. After him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, Tecumseh, Nakşidil Sultan, and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1813, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 7Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Mikhail Kutuzov, Józef Poniatowski, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, and Jean-Andoche Junot. After him are Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, André Grétry, and Tecumseh.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 998 out of 6,011Before him are Theodore Beza (1519), Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Jacques Demy (1931), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), and Annie Ernaux (1940). After him are Jean Rochefort (1930), Claude Cahun (1894), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), René Girard (1923), Antoine Galland (1646), and Charles-Marie Widor (1844).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Bessières ranks 41Before him are Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Pierre Augereau (1757), and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847). After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), La Hire (1390), Georges Picquart (1854), and Nicolas Chauvin (1790).