A brave soldier, skilled tactician, and inspiring leader, Lannes was named among Napoleon’s marshals in 1804. He contributed to Napoleon’s victories at Austerlitz (1805), Jena (1806), and ...
The most favoured became princes and kings. Among their ranks were legendary figures such as Marshals Lannes, Soult, Davout and Massena, but also much less well know figures like Pérignon ...