Charles-Pierre-François Augereau Duke of Castiglione | |
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 Portrait by Robert Lefèvre (1805) | |
| Born | 21 October 1757 Paris, France |
| Died | 12 June 1816 (aged 58) La Houssaye-en-Brie, France |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of France Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of the French First French Republic First French Empire Bourbon Restoration |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1774–1815 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Empire |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain Knight of the Order of Saint Louis Peer of France |
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Charles Pierre François Augereau, duc de Castiglione (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ oʒʁo]; 21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816)[1] was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the Revolutionary Wars, he earned rapid promotion while fighting against Spain and soon found himself as a division commander under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy. He fought in all of Bonaparte's battles of 1796 with great distinction. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon entrusted Augereau with important commands. His life ended under a cloud because of his poor timing in switching sides between Napoleon and King Louis XVIII of France. Napoleon wrote of Augereau that he "has plenty of character, courage, firmness, activity; is inured to war; is well liked by the soldiery; is fortunate in his operations".[2] Augereau is generally counted as one of the most capable generals of the Napoleonic Wars.
- ^ Michel Cadé, « Augereau (Charles, Pierre, François) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises 1789-2011, vol. 1 Pouvoirs et société, t. 1 (A-L), Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2011, 699 p. (ISBN 9782908866414)
- ^ Mark Grossman (1 January 2007). World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. Infobase Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8160-7477-8.