Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815
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Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815
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Berthier, Alexandre, 1753-1815
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Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
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Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
Berthier, Louis Alexandre, Maréchal
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Berthier, Louis Alexandre, Maréchal
Berthier , Alexandre
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Berthier , Alexandre
Neuchâtel, Louis Alexandre Berthier prince de
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Neuchâtel, Louis Alexandre Berthier prince de
Alexander (1753-1815).
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Alexander (1753-1815).
Berthier, Louis Alexandre me prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram, duc de Valengin
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Berthier, Louis Alexandre me prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram, duc de Valengin
Berthier, Gen. 1753-1815
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Berthier, Gen. 1753-1815
Berthier, Louis Alexandre me prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram duc de Valengin
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Berthier, Louis Alexandre me prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram duc de Valengin
Berthier
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Berthier, pair de France
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Berthier, pair de France
Berthier, Louis 1753-1815
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Berthier, Louis 1753-1815
Wagram, Louis Alexandre Berthier, prince de
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Wagram, Louis Alexandre Berthier, prince de
Neufchâtel, Louis-Alexandre Berthier príncipe de 1753-1815
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Neufchâtel, Louis-Alexandre Berthier príncipe de 1753-1815
Berthier, Alex.
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Berthier, Alex.
Neufchâtel Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
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Neufchâtel Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
Neufchâtel, Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
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Neufchâtel, Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
Berthier, Alexandre prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram
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Berthier, Alexandre prince de Neuchâtel et de Wagram
Berthier 1753-1815
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Berthier 1753-1815
Berthier, Gen. 1753-1815 (Louis-Alexandre),
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Valengin, Louis Alexandre Berthier duc de
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Valengin, Louis Alexandre Berthier duc de
Berthier, Gen. (Louis-Alexandre), 1753-1815
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Berthier Alexander 1753-1815
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Berthier Alexander 1753-1815
Neuchâtel, Louis Alexandre Berthier, prince de
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Neuchâtel, Louis Alexandre Berthier, prince de
Wagram Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
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Wagram Alexandre Berthier prince de 1753-1815
Berthier Alessandro 1753-1815
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Berthier Alessandro 1753-1815
Berthier, Louis A. 1753-1815
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Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel, was Marshall of France and Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Caffarelli was a French General and minister of War for the Kingdom of Italy.
Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), one of the four sons of Jean-Baptiste Berthier, was born in Versailles, where his father was in charge of the Royal Map Service. He entered the army as a young man; in 1777, at the age of twenty-four, he attained the rank of captain. In 1780 he asked to be assigned to Rochambeau's army which was preparing to leave for America, and was offered a place on the staff of Count de Saint-Maisme who commanded the Soissonais regiment. Through a series of mishaps and misunderstandings (related in the journal in the Princeton Library), Berthier did not leave with Rochambeau's army when it sailed from Brest in May 1780, but proceeded to America via the West Indies and finally joined up with the army at Newport, Rhode Island, on September 30, 1780.
In January 1781, Captain Berthier was assigned to the staff of General Rochambeau, as "aide maréchal général des logis surnuméraire." In this capacity he accompanied the army in 1781 on its march to Yorktown, and in 1782 on its return march to Boston, and thence to the West Indies, before returning to France. In all, Berthier was in the United States from September 30, 1780, until December 24, 1782.
After his return to France, Berthier was sent on a military mission to Prussia in 1783. (The Journal of this mission is among the manuscripts at Princeton.) He continued to be employed in staff posts, and to earn regular promotions. When the French Revolution came he again saw active service in the field. In 1796 he accompanied General Bonaparte in the Italian campaign, as chief of staff of the army. Henceforth, his fortunes were linked to those of Bonaparte. Berthier participated in the coup d'état of the 18th Brumaire (1799) which established the Consulate, and received the post of Minister of War. Soon after Bonaparte became Emperor Napolean I, in 1804, he chose Berthier as one of the eighteen army officers to be named Marshal of the Empire. Subsequently, Berthier acquired other titles: Duke of Valangin, Price of Neufchâtel, Prince of Wagram. Marshal Berthier was with Napolean in the campaigns of Austerlitz, Jena, and Friedland; he was in the Peninsular Campaign (1808), the Austrian Campaign (1809), in Russia (1812), Germany (1813), and France (1814). In 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and died the following year, on June 1, 1815, at Bamberg.
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