1. Jean-Antoine 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 Jean-Antoine Marbot
1. 2.
Jean-Antoine Marbot was born into a family of military nobility in Altillac, in the ancient province of Quercy in southwestern France.
3.
Jean-Antoine Marbot's career began in the Military household of the king of France in Versailles, where he joined the cavalry unit of the royal Gardes du Corps of King Louis XV, with the rank of second lieutenant.
4.
Jean-Antoine Marbot reentered military service during the War of the Pyrenees against Spain with the rank of captain of the mountain chasseurs.
5.
Jean-Antoine Marbot then joined the Army of the Western Pyrenees from 1794 to 1795, where he was promoted to the rank of divisional general.
6.
Jean-Antoine Marbot became opposed to the Club de Clichy, which he accused of conspiring against the interest of the Republic and he subsequently approved the coup of 18 Fructidor, led by Generals Napoleon Bonaparte and Pierre Augereau, the latter having been his protege during the War of the Pyrenees.
7.
Jean-Antoine Marbot commanded one of the divisions of the French forces fighting in Liguria, and was stationed in the city of Savona.
8.
Jean-Antoine Marbot soon fell ill and had to be transported to Genoa to receive medical treatment.
9.
Jean-Antoine Marbot died on 19 April 1800, during the Austrian siege of Genoa as a result of his wounds and of typhus.
10.
Jean-Antoine Marbot was accompanied by his son, then Second-lieutenant and later General Marcellin Marbot, who took part in the siege and described his father's last moments in his famous Memoirs.
11.
Jean-Antoine Marbot's wife was related to Francois Certain de Canrobert, marshal of France during the Second French Empire.
12.
General Jean-Antoine Marbot is among the 660 personalities to whom Emperor Napoleon paid tribute for fighting and dying for France during the Napoleonic Wars.
13.
Jean-Antoine Marbot's name is inscribed on the western pillar, 34th column of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.