François Joseph Lefebvre


François Joseph Lefebvre

Portrait by Césarine Davin-Mirvault (1807)
Born(1755-10-25)25 October 1755
Rouffach, France
Died14 September 1820(1820-09-14) (aged 64)
Paris, France
Buried
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Kingdom of France
French First Republic
First French Empire
Bourbon Restoration
BranchArmy
Service years1773–1814
RankMarshal of the Empire
CommandsArmy of Sambre and Meuse
X Corps
IV Corps
Conflicts
See battles
AwardsGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Signature

François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (/ləˈfɛvrə/ lə-FEV-rə, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820) was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.