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• Benoit, Charles    d. October 8, 1786
  Governor of Les Invalides. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Church of St. Louis, Vault
   
• Bertrand, Henri    b. March 28, 1773  d. January 31, 1844
  French Army General. A military engineer, he was promoted General in 1807 and Count of the Empire in 1808. He accompanied Napoleon to Elba and to St. Helena, and brought his body back to France in 1840. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Bonaparte, Jerome    b. November 15, 1784  d. June 24, 1860
  French Royalty. Napoleon's youngest brother, he was installed as the King of Westphalia in 1807, and fought at the Battle of Waterloo. He was later made Governor of Les Invalides and President of the French Senate during the reign of his nephew Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III). (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Bonaparte, Joseph    b. July 1, 1768  d. December 6, 1845
  Napoleon's eldest brother. Proclaimed King of Naples in 1806 and King of Spain in 1808 but unfortunately lacked his brother's military abilities and was a disaster as a leader. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Bonaparte, Napoleon    b. August 15, 1769  d. May 5, 1821
  Despite an indifferent career at military school, created an enormous Empire for France stretching from Spain to Russia: crowned as Napoleon I in 1804. His monument is of porphyry from Finland: inside it the body of the Emperor is contained in a series of six coffins of tin, mahogany, lead (2), ebony, and a last one of oak. He is buried in uniform with his hat across his legs. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Bugeaud, Thomas   b. October 15, 1784  d. June 10, 1849
  Marshall of france, governor and pacificator of Algery.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• Canrobert, François   b. June 27, 1809  d. January 28, 1895
  Marshall of France.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• d'Ornano, Phillipe-Antoine    b. 1784  d. October 13, 1863
  Governor of Les Invalides. Created Marshal of France in 1861. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Church of St. Louis, Vault
   
• de Casanova, Jean Toussaint Arrighi    b. March 8, 1778  d. March 22, 1853
  French Politician. Cousin of Napoleon and secretary to Joseph Bonaparte. Created Duke of Padua 1808. Later governor of Les Invalides. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Church of St. Louis, Vault
   
• de La Tour d'Auvergne, Theophile Malo Corret [Cardiotaph only; body is in the Pantheon.]    b. November 23, 1743  d. June 28, 1800
  Soldier, descendant of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne (q.v.). Popular and renowned for his modesty and bravery, his name was still called for 15 years after his death at roll-call, to be answered with the phrase 'dead in the field of honour'. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Lance thrust in battle
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Chapel of St. Gregory
   
• Duroc, Geraud    b. January 10, 1774  d. October 5, 1814
  Military Figure. Fought with Napoleon in all major campaigns, and made Senator in 1813. Killed in battle at Goerlitz on May 22, 1813. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Exelmans, Remy Joseph Isidore   b. November 13, 1775  d. June 22, 1852
  Marshall of france.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• Foch, Ferdinand    b. October 2, 1851  d. March 20, 1929
  French military leader. Marshal of France and Commander of Allied forces during the closing months (March-November 1918) of World War One.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise du Dôme
   
• Franchet d'esperey, Louis   b. May 25, 1856  d. July 3, 1942
  Marshall of france.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• Giraud, Henri Honore   b. January 18, 1879  d. March 11, 1949
  French General. He served in World War I and in the campaign in Morocco of 1925 and 1926. A commander in World War II, Giraud was captured by the Germans in May of 1940, but made a dramatic escape in 1942 to unoccupied France and from there to Gibraltar. He took part in the Allied landing in North Africa, where he was given command of all French armed forces. On the assassination of Admiral Darlan in December of 1942, Giraud succeeded as high commissioner of French North and West Africa. His...[Read More]
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
   
• Jourdan, Jean Baptiste    b. April 28, 1762  d. November 23, 1833
  Created Marshal of France 1804, and later Count Jourdan. Governor of Les Invalides. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• Juin, Alphonse   b. December 16, 1888  d. January 27, 1967
  Marshall of France. At the outbreak of World War II, he was in command of a Division, of the 15th Motorized Divisions. His division was encircled at Lille during the Battle of France, 1940 and he was captured by the Germans. Released in 1941, he was assigned to command French forces in North Africa. After the invasion of Algeria and Morocco, in November 1942, he commanded French forces during the Italian Campaign and was one of the crucial factors in the breaking German lines in May, 1944. He...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   
• Kleber, Jean Baptiste [heart only]    b. March 9, 1753  d. June 14, 1800
  French Army General. Starting in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army, he rose to be one of its most successful generals (Vendee, Heliopolis). In 1799 he was placed in command of the army in Egypt by the returning Napoleon. Shortly afterwards in Cairo he was assassinated in mysterious circumstances.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L
   
• Le Vizir    d. 1829
  Napoleon's Horse. A gift to Napoleon in 1808 from the Sultan of the ottoman Empire. It was transported to Napoleon's place of second exile, Saint Helena, in 1815, and Napoleon rode him there. After Napoleon's death in 1821, it was taken to England and later repatriated to France.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: Musee de L'Armee
   
• Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippe    b. November 22, 1902  d. April 30, 1947
  Marshal of France. Signed for France at capitulation of Japan in WWII. Died when his plane crashed in 1947.
  Les Invalides, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Plot: L'eglise St-Louis-des-Invalides
   

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