Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Marshal of France

Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, duc de Treviso (February 13, 1768 - July 28, 1835), marshal of France under Napoleon, was born at Cateau Cambrsis, and entered the army as a sub-lieutenant in 1791. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

He served in the campaigns of 1792 and 1793 on the north-eastern frontier and in the Netherlands, and subsequently on the Meuse and the Rhine. In the war against the second coalition in 1799 he was promoted successively general of brigade and general of division. His conduct of the French occupation of Hanover led Napoleon to include Mortier in the first list of marshals created in 1804. Meuse is a département in northeast France, named after the Meuse River. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

He commanded a corps of the grande armée in the Ulm campaign in which he distinguished himself particularly by his brilliant action of Dürrenstein; in 1806 he was again in Hanover and north-western Germany, and in 1807 he served with the grande armée in the Friedland campaign. In 1808 he was created duke of Treviso, and shortly afterwards he commanded an army corps in Napoleon's campaign for the recapture of Madrid. Coat of arms Plaza de España (Spain square) Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ...

He remained in Spain for two campaigns, winning the victory of Ocaña in November 1809. In 1812 and 1813 he commanded the Young Guard, and in the defensive campaign of 1814 he rendered brilliant services in. command of rearguards and covering detachments. In 1815, after the flight of Louis XVIII, he rejoined Napoleon and was given a high command, but at the opening of the Waterloo campaign he fell ill. In the Peninsular War, the Battle of Ocana was fought on November 19, 1809 and resulted in a victory of the French under Marshall Soult against the Spanish under General Don Juan de Arizagua. ... Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824. ... Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonapartes last battle. ...

After the second restoration he was for a time in disgrace, but in 1819 he was readmitted to the Chamber of Peers and in 1825 received the Order of the Saint Esprit. In 1830-1831 he was ambassador of France at St Petersburg, and in 1834-1835 minister of war and president of the council of ministers. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ...

In 1835, while accompanying Louis Philippe to a review, the marshal with eleven other persons was killed by the bomb aimed at the king by Fieschi. Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850), served as the Orleanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1790 - February 19, 1836), the chief conspirator in the attempt on the life of Louis Philippe in July 1835, was a native of Murato in Corsica. ...

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Reference

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.