Back جان فيكتور ماري مورو Arabic جيان مورو ARZ Jean Victor Marie Moreau AST Жан Віктор Маро Byelorussian Jean Victor Marie Moreau Breton Jean Victor Moreau Catalan Jean-Victor Moreau Czech Jean Victor Marie Moreau Danish Jean-Victor Moreau German Ζαν Βικτόρ Μορό Greek
Jean Victor Marie Moreau | |
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 Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1797 | |
| Born | 14 February 1763 Morlaix, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 2 September 1813 (aged 50) Louny, Austrian Empire |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of the French First French Republic Russian Empire |
| Rank | Général de Division Marshal of France (posthumous) |
| Commands | Army of Italy Army of the Rhine and Moselle |
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| Alma mater | University of Rennes |
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Jean Victor Marie Moreau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ viktɔʁ maʁi mɔʁo], 14 February 1763 – 2 September 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became his chief military and political rival and was banished to the United States.[1] He is among the foremost French generals in military history.[2][1]
- ^ a b Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History (PDF). ABC-CLIO. pp. 657–658. ISBN 1-85109-651-5.
- ^ Bodart 1908, p. 789.