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Chapter 18: APPENDIX IV.
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The author traces Europe’s transformation between 1789 and 1815, arguing that emerging ideas of popular sovereignty, nationality, and personal liberty reshaped governments and societies. A concise introductory chapter outlines these principles, followed by chronological national studies that treat the French Revolution’s continental impact, revolts such as in Belgium and Liège, administrative and military reforms in states like Prussia, and the diplomatic reordering after Napoleon, including the Congress of Vienna. Battles and campaigns are summarized sparingly while political, social, and institutional changes receive fuller treatment, connecting events to longer-term shifts in boundaries, state structures, and civil rights.

APPENDIX IV.

Napoleon’s Marshals.
Names. Born. General of Brigade. General of Division. Marshal. Titles. Notes.
Berthier Louis Alexandre. 20 Nov. 1753 22 May 1792 (Maréchal de Camp) 13 June 1795 19 May 1804 Prince-Duke of Neufchâtel 15 March 1806; Prince of Wagram 31 Dec. 1809. Peer of France 1814; committed suicide or was murdered at Bamberg 1 June 1815.
Murat, Joachim. 25 March 1767 10 May 1796 25 July 1799
Prince 1 Feb. 1805; Grand Duke of Berg 15 March 1806; King of Naples 1 Aug. 1808. Shot at Pizzo in Italy 13 Oct. 1815.
Moncey, Bon Adrien Jeannot. 31 July 1754 18 Feb. 1794 9 June 1794
Duke of Conegliano 2 July 1808. Governor of the Hôtel des Invalides 1833–42; died at Paris 20 April 1842.
Jourdan, Jean Baptiste. 29 April 1762 27 May 1793 30 July 1793
Count 1 March 1808. Peer of France 1814 and 1819; Governor of the Hôtel des Invalides 1830–33; died at Paris 23 Nov. 1833.
Masséna, André. 6 May 1756 22 Aug. 1793 20 Dec. 1793
Duke of Rivoli 24 April 1808; of Essling 31 Jan. 1810. Died at Paris 4 April 1817.
Augereau, Charles Pierre François. 21 Oct. 1757
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25 Dec. 1793
Duke of Castiglione 26 April 1808. Peer of France 1814; died at La Houssaye 12 June 1816.
Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste Jules. 26 Jan. 1763 26 June 1794 22 Oct. 1794
Prince of Ponte Corvo 5 June 1806; Crown Prince of Sweden 21 Aug. 1810. King of Sweden 5 Feb. 1818; died at Stockholm 8 March 1844.
Soult, Jean de Dieu Nicolas. 29 March 1769 11 Oct. 1794 21 April 1799
Duke of Dalmatia 29 June 1808. Minister for War Dec. 1814-March 1815; Peer of France June 1815; exiled 1815–19; Peer of France 1827; Minister for War 1830–34, 1840–45; Marshal-General 1847; died at Saint Amans 26 Nov. 1851.
Brune, Guillaume Marie Anne. 13 May 1763
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17 Aug. 1797
Count 1 March 1808. Peer of France 2 June 1815; murdered at Avignon 2 Aug. 1815.
Lannes, Jean. 11 April 1769 17 March 1797 10 May 1799
Duke of Montebello 15 June 1808. Mortally wounded at the battle of Aspern; died at Vienna 31 May 1809.
Mortier, Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph. 13 Feb. 1768 23 Feb. 1799 25 Sept. 1799
Duke of Treviso 2 July 1808. Peer of France 1814 and 1819; Ambassador to Russia 1830–31; Chancellor of the Legion of Honour 1831; Minister for War 1834–35; killed by the explosion of an infernal machine at Paris 28 July 1835.
10 Ney, Michel.Jan. 1769 1 Aug. 1796 28 March 1799
Duke of Elchingen, 5 May 1808; Prince of the Moskowa 25 March 1813. Peer of France 1814; shot at Paris 7 Dec. 1815.
Davout, Louis Nicolas. 10 May 1770 24 Sept. 1794 3 July 1800
Duke of Auerstädt 2 July 1808; Prince of Eckmühl 28 Nov. 1809. Minister for War 1815; Peer of France at Paris 1 June 1823.
Bessières, Jean Baptiste. 6 Aug. 1768 18 July 1800 13 Sept. 1802
Duke of Istria 28 May 1809. Killed at Lutzen 1 May 1813.
Kellermann, François Christophe. 28 May 1735 9 March 1788 (Maréchal de Camp) 19 March 1792 (Lieut.-General)
Count 1 March 1808; Duke of Valmy 2 May 1808. Peer of France 1814; died at Paris 13 Sept. 1820.
Lefebvre, François Joseph. 15 Oct. 1755 2 Dec. 1793 10 Jan. 1794
Count 1 March 1808; Duke of Dantzic 10 Sept. 1808. Peer of France 1814 and 1819; died at Paris 14 Sept. 1820.
Pérignon, Dominique Catherine de. 31 May 1754
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25 Dec. 1793
Count 6 Sept. 1811. Peer of France 1814; created a Marquis 1817; died at Paris 25 Dec. 1818.
Sérurier, Jean Mathieu Philibert. 8 Dec. 1742 22 Aug. 1793 13 June 1795
Count 1 March 1808. Governor of the Hôtel des Invalides, 1804–15; Peer of France 1814; died at Paris 21 Dec. 1819.
Victor, Victor Claude Perrin, called. 7 Dec. 1764 20 Dec. 1793 10 March 1797 13 July 1807 Duke of Belluno 10 Sept. 1808. Peer of France 1815; Minister of War 1821–23; died at Paris 1 March 1841.
Macdonald, Jacques Étienne Joseph Alexandre. 17 Nov. 1765 26 Aug. 1793 28 Nov. 1794 12 July 1809 Duke of Taranto 9 Dec. 1809. Peer of France 1814; Chancellor of the Legion of Honour 1815–31; died at Courcelles 7 Sept. 1840.
Oudinot, Nicolas Charles. 25 April 1767 14 June 1794 12 April 1799
Count 2 July 1808; Duke of Reggio 14 April 1810. Peer of France 1814; Chancellor of the Legion of Honour 1839–47; Governor of the Hôtel des Invalides 1842–47; died at Paris 13 Sept 1847.
Marmont, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de. 20 July 1774 10 June 1798 9 Sept. 1800
Duke of Ragusa 28 June 1808. Peer of France 1814; Ambassador to Russia 1826–28; died at Venice 22 July 1852.
Suchet, Louis Gabriel. 2 March 1770 23 March 1798 10 July 1799 8 July 1811 Count 24 June 1808; Duke of Albufera 3 Jan. 1813. Peer of France 1814 and 1819; died near Marseilles 3 Jan. 1826.
Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent. 13 April 1764 10 June 1794 2 Sept. 1794 27 Aug. 1812 Count 3 May 1808. Peer of France 1814; Minister for War July-Sept. 1815, 1817–19; created a Marquis 1819; died at Hyères 17 March 1830.
Poniatowski, Joseph, Prince. 7 May 1762
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Oct. 1813
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Drowned in the Elster at the battle of Leipzig 19 Oct. 1813
Grouchy, Emmanuel de. 23 Oct. 1766 7 Sept. 1792 13 June 1795 17 Apr. 1815 Count 28 Jan. 1809. Exiled 1815–20; restored as Marshal 1831; died 29 May 1847.