Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor
Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor | |
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Portrait by Horace Vernet, 1831 | |
| Born | 7 March 1770 Hayingen, France |
| Died | 28 July 1849 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France First French Republic First French Empire Kingdom of France |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Service years | 1789–1827 |
| Rank | Marshal of France |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Count of the Empire |
| Other work | Governor of Les Invalides (1847–1848) |
Gabriel-Jean-Joseph Molitor (7 March 1770 – 28 July 1849) was a Marshal of France (1823), known for his experience during the Coalition Wars.
Molitor defeated Franjo Jelačić during the encounter at Mollis in 1799. Together with Honoré Gazan, he then managed to stop Alexander Suvorov's vanguard, commanded by Pyotr Bagration, at the combat of Näfels as part of the larger Battle of Glarus (1799). He also forced Dmitry Senyavin to lift the siege of Ragusa (1806). In the course of the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", the French Royal intervention in the Spanish Royalist War, he commanded the initial siege of Pamplona (1823), ultimately successful.