Guillaume Brune

Marshal of the Empire

Guillaume Brune

Count of the Empire
Marshal of the Empire; Guillaume Brune; Count of the Empire
	Portrait by Eugène Battaille after an original by Marie-Guillemine Benoist. The original, commissioned by Napoleon and executed in 1805, was lost in the fire that destroyed the Tuileries Palace in 1871.
Born	13 March 1764; Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Died	2 August 1815 (aged 52); Avignon, France
Allegiance	French First Republic; First French Empire
Branch	Army
Service years	1791–1815
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Conflicts	French Revolutionary Wars War of the Second Coalition French invasion of Switzerland; Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Battle of Krabbendam; Battle of Bergen; Battle of Alkmaar; Battle of Castricum; ; Battle of Pozzolo; ; ; Napoleonic Wars Franco-Swedish War Siege of Stralsund; ; ;
Awards	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (French pronunciation: [ɡijom bʁyn], 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.