Armand de Caulaincourt | |
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Born | Caulaincourt, France | 9 December 1773
Died | 19 February 1827 Paris, France | (aged 53)
Allegiance | Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French French First Republic First French Empire Bourbon Restoration (1814–1815) |
Service | Army |
Years of service | 1788–1815 |
Rank | General of division |
Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Name inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, duc de Vicence |
Relations | Gabriel Louis de Caulaincourt (father), Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt (brother), |
Other work | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grand Marshal of the Palace, Ambassador to Saint-Petersburg |
Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, duc de Vicence[1] (French pronunciation: [kolɛ̃kuʁ], 9 December 1773 – 19 February 1827), was a French military officer, diplomat and close advisor to Napoleon I.[2]