He was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries. He served under Marshal Michel Ney and Marshal Joachim Murat. He was killed in Murat's massive cavalry charge of the Battle of Eylau in 1807.
His son, Alexandre Joseph Napoléon, brought his remains to France in 1840 to be buried in the family crypt at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. His heart is conserved in a vault in Les Invalides, and his name is inscribed on Column 16 of the Arc de Triomphe.
His son, Alexandre Joseph Napoléon, brought his remains to France in 1840 to be buried in the family crypt at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. His heart is conserved in a vault in Les Invalides, and his name is inscribed on Column 16 of the Arc de Triomphe.
He was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries. He served under Marshal Michel Ney and Marshal Joachim Murat. He was killed in Murat's massive cavalry charge of the Battle of Eylau in 1807.
His son, Alexandre Joseph Napoléon, brought his remains to France in 1840 to be buried in the family crypt at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. His heart is conserved in a vault in Les Invalides, and his name is inscribed on Column 16 of the Arc de Triomphe.
His son, Alexandre Joseph Napoléon, brought his remains to France in 1840 to be buried in the family crypt at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. His heart is conserved in a vault in Les Invalides, and his name is inscribed on Column 16 of the Arc de Triomphe.
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