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The rank was formerly designated as Lieutenant-General of the Armies until 1791. The official historic succession of the "Lieutenant-General of France" corresponded to Général de division for the French Army, and Vice-Amiral (Vice-Admiral) for the French Navy.
The rank of Lieutenant-General of the Armies for the Army, and Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies for the French Navy, was an elevated rank in the military hierarchy of the Ancien Régime, inaccessible to a commoner.
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was the highest-ranked person of color of all time in a European army. General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps he get the nicknames "the Horatius Cocles of the Tyrol" by Napoleon and the "Schwarzer Teufel" (Black Devil) by Austrian troops during the Second Italian Campaign.
General[1] Corps General: Division General: Brigade General: Colonel: Lieutenant Colonel: Major: Captain: First Lieutenant: Lieutenant: General: Korpskommandant ...
This article lists the military ranks and the rank insignia used in the French Imperial Army. Officers and the most senior non-commissioned rank had rank insignia in the form of epaulettes, sergeants and corporals in the form of stripes or chevrons on the sleeves.
The Chief of the Army Staff (French: Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre, [a] CEMAT) [2] is the military head of the French Army. [3] The chief directs the army staff and acts as the principal advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff on subjects concerning the Army. [ 4 ]
Colonel-general – a special category of general in the Royal French army, commanding all the regiments of the same branch of service (i.e. Cavalry, Dragoons, Infantry et al.) General Lieutenant-general – the highest regular general officer rank of the French army to which a career army officer could be promoted on the basis of seniority and ...
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. ' Army of Land ' ), is the principal land warfare force of France , and the largest component of the French Armed Forces ; it is responsible to the Government of France , alongside the French Navy , French Air and Space Force , and the National Gendarmerie . [ 3 ]