Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Marshal of the Empire

Louis Gabriel Suchet

duc d’Albuféra
Marshal of the Empire; Louis Gabriel Suchet; duc d’Albuféra
	Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin
Born	2 March 1770; Lyon, France
Died	3 January 1826 (aged 55); Marseille, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France; French First Republic; First French Empire; Bourbon Restoration (1814–1815)
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1792–1815
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Battles/wars	See list: War of the First Coalition; Siege of Toulon (1793); Battle of Loano (1795); Second Battle of Dego (1796); Battle of Lodi (1796); Battle of Borghetto (1796); Battle of Castiglione (1796); Battle of Bassano (1796); Battle of Arcole (1796); Battle of Rivoli (1797); Battle of Tarvis (1797); French invasion of Switzerland; War of the Second Coalition; Battle of Novi (1799); Battle of Pozzolo (1800); War of the Third Coalition; Battle of Ulm (1805); Battle of Schöngrabern (1805); Battle of Austerlitz (1805); War of the Fourth Coalition; Battle of Saalfeld (1806); Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (1806); Battle of Pułtusk (1806); Battle of Ostrołęka (1807); Battle of Eylau (1807); Peninsular War; Siege of Saragossa (1809); Battle of Alcañiz (1809); Battle of María (1809); Battle of Belchite (1809); Siege of Lérida (1810); Siege of Mequinenza (1810); Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811); Siege of Tarragona (1811); Battle of Montserrat (1811); Battle of Saguntum (1811); Siege of Valencia (1812); Battle of Castalla (1813); Siege of Tarragona (1813); Battle of Ordal (1813); War of the Seventh Coalition; ;
Awards	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra (2 March 1770 – 3 January 1826), was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is regarded as one of the greatest generals of the Napoleonic Wars.

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