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Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Execution of Marshal Ney (French: L'exécution du maréchal Ney) is an 1868 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.It depicts the French Marshal Michel Ney immediately after his execution on 7 December 1815, with the firing squad seen marching away from the site.
Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd Duc d'Elchingen (1804–1854), second son of the 1st duc, confirmed in his title in 1826 Michel Aloys Ney , 3rd Duc d'Elchingen (1835–1881), only son of the 2nd duc Charles Aloys Jean Gabriel Ney, 4th Duc d'Elchingen (1873–1933), younger son of the 3rd duc, succeeded his father as 4th duc in 1881 and his elder ...
Michel Aloys Ney, 3rd Duke of Elchingen (3 May 1835 – 23 February 1881), was a French general. Early life. He was the only son of Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd Duke ...
Most had defected to the royalists before the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's subsequent defeat, with only four others (most notably Marshals Emmanuel de Grouchy and Michel Ney) serving under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. [1] [7] Auguste de Marmont, born in 1774, was the youngest officer to earn the distinction of Marshal. [8]
The Battle of Pombal (March 11, 1811) was a sharp but ultimately indecisive skirmish fought at the eponymous town during Marshal Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, the first in a series of lauded rearguard actions fought by Michel Ney.
It commissioned Rude to make an heroic statue of Michel Ney, one of Napoleon's most famous marshals, who had been shot for treason by the restored royalist government which replaced Napoleon. The earliest wax model made by Rude depicted Ney at his execution, as he opened his coat and urged the firing squad to "aim for the heart."
When a person was sentenced to death for two or more different capital crimes they are listed multiple times. ... Michel Ney (1815) John Nisbet (1685) Arnaldo Ochoa ...