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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

1764 - 1830

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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ də ɡuvjɔ̃ sɛ̃ siʁ]; 13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a made a Marshal of the Empire in 1812 by Emperor Napoleon, who regarded him as his finest general in defensive warfare. Gouvion Saint-Cyr showed an early interest in drawing, but with the onset of the French Revolution, he joined the French Revolutionary Army in September 1792 and experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr has received more than 185,527 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr is the 176th most popular nobleman (up from 195th in 2019), the 932nd most popular biography from France (up from 978th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 176 out of 1,415. Before her are Eleonora Gonzaga, Maximilian Sforza, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. After her are Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Austria, Userkare, Jobst of Moravia, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 2. Before her is Élisabeth of France. After her are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Ann Radcliffe, José Gervasio Artigas, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, John Goodricke, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Nikolai Rezanov, and Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1830, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 9. Before her are Pope Pius VIII, George IV of the United Kingdom, Adam Weishaupt, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. After her are Antonio José de Sucre, Thomas Lawrence, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 932 out of 6,770. Before her are Adela of Champagne (1140), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Georges Bernanos (1888), Rosa Bonheur (1822), and Manu Chao (1961). After her are Joseph Babinski (1857), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), and Christian Clavier (1952).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr ranks 30. Before her are Hugh the Great (898), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Robert Curthose (1054), and Bertrada of Laon (720). After her are Germaine of Foix (1488), Judith of Bavaria (797), Anne de Montmorency (1493), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), and Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384).

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