Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille (1 September 1775 - 4 March 1860) was a Marshal of France

Marshal of France

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, born in Antibes

Antibes

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Reille served in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

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 under Dumouriez

Charles François Dumouriez

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 and Masséna

André Masséna

André Masséna 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d'Essling was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....

, whose daughter Victoire he married. In 1800, Reille was appointed commander of the Italian city of Florence

Florence

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. Promoted to general de brigade in 1803, he commanded the allied troops of Württemberg

Württemberg

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 during the War of the Third Coalition in 1805. He served in the battles of Jena, Pultusk

Battle of Pultusk

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 and Ostrolenka and served as aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 to Napoléon

Napoleon I of France

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 at Friedland

Battle of Friedland

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In 1808 Reille partook in the campaign in Spain

Spain

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, the next year he participated in the battles of Aspern and Wagram

Battle of Wagram

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. After Wagram, he was sent back to Spain, where until 1812 he commanded in Navarre

Navarre

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 and Aragon

Aragon

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. By 1813 he was given command of the Army of Portugal which he commanded in the Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Vitoria

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 but was defeated.

After the fall of Napoléon in 1814, the Bourbons made Reille inspector-general of the 14th and 15th Infantry Divisions. During the Hundred Days

Hundred Days

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, he rallied to Napoléon and was given command of II Corps, which he led in the battles of Quatre Bras

Battle of Quatre Bras

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 and Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

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In 1819 he was made a Peer, in 1847 he was made a Marshal of France and in 1852 he was made a Senator. Reille died in 1860 in Paris

Paris

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 and was buried at Père Lachaise, in the same tomb as Masséna. http://users.skynet.be/Empire/Napoleon1er/Reille.htm.

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