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Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert

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Commemorative plaque of Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert in Guillestre, France, 2011

Joseph Jean-Baptiste, baron Albert (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf ʒɑ̃ batist albɛʁ]; 1771 – 1822) was a French general de division (major general). He fought at the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of Aspern-Essling and the Battle of Wagram. He was made a brigadier general in 1807. He was involved in the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He was made a baron of the First French Empire by Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis.

References

  1. Charles Mullié, 1851: Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850. Poignavant, Paris (2 vols.)
  2. Karl Bleibtreu: Marschälle, Generäle, Soldaten Napoleons I. VRZ Verlag, Hamburg 1899, ISBN 3931482634.
  3. Karl Florentin Leidenfrost: Französischer Heldensaal oder Leben, Thaten und jetzige Schicksale der denkwürdigsten Heroen der Republik und des Kaiserreichs, insonderheit der Waffengefährten und Marschälle Napoleons. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Ilmenau 1828, pp. 7–8.


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