1. Adolphe Marbot belongs to a family that has distinguished itself particularly in the career of arms, giving three generals to France in less than 50 years.
13 Facts About Adolphe Marbot
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Antoine Adolphe Marcelin Marbot was born into a family of military nobility in Altillac, in the ancient province of Quercy in southwestern France.
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Adolphe Marbot was the elder son of General Jean-Antoine Marbot, former aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General de Schomberg, inspector general of the cavalry within the Military household of the king of France.
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Adolphe Marbot was released after 3 months in detention, although First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte continued to regard him as an opponent of the established regime.
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Adolphe Marbot was promoted to the rank of captain before returning to France.
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Marshal Augereau, having been forced to take leave from the army as a result of his wounds, obtained that his aide-de-camp would join Marshal Andre Massena, under whose orders Adolphe Marbot served until the Treaties of Tilsit.
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Adolphe Marbot was injured during an ambush by guerrillas on 4 January 1809 and was imprisoned, almost dying from his wounds, in Cadiz.
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Adolphe Marbot reached the coast of Africa through many dangers, and finally joined Marshal Claude Victor-Perrin's corps during the Siege of Cadiz by the French forces.
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Adolphe Marbot was wounded during the fierce combats of the Battle of Vitebsk, after having his horse killed under him.
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Adolphe Marbot was made prisoner by the Russian army and was sent to Saratov, where he shared the captivity of a large number of captured officers, including General de Saint-Genies, Colonel de Saint-Mars and Captain de Segur.
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Adolphe Marbot did not return to France until the end of the war in 1814, and subsequently joined the Etat-Major in Paris.
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Adolphe Marbot became aide-de-camp to Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout, Prince of Eckmuhl, during the Hundred Days, after which he retired from active service until 1830.
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Adolphe Marbot retired on 22 March 1843 and died the following year, on 2 June 1844, at Bra near Tulle.