Guillaume Brune


Guillaume Brune

Count of the Empire
Portrait by Eugène Bataille after an original by Marie-Guillemine Benoist. The original, commissioned by Napoleon and executed in 1805, was lost in the fire that destroyed the Tuileries Palace in 1871.
Born13 March 1764 (1764-03-13)
Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Died2 August 1815 (1815-08-03) (aged 52)
Avignon, France
Allegiance French First Republic
 First French Empire
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1791–1815
RankMarshal of the Empire
Battles / wars
AwardsGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (French pronunciation: [ɡijom maʁi an bʁyn], 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.