Jean Lannes

Marshal of the Empire

Jean Lannes

Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz
Marshal of the Empire; Jean Lannes; Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz
	Lannes in the uniform of colonel of the hussars, by Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin (between 1805–1810)
Nicknames	Roland of the Grande Armée, Achilles of the Grande Armée
Born	10 April 1769; Lectoure, Guyenne-Gascony, Kingdom of France
Died	31 May 1809 (aged 40); Ebersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Buried	Panthéon, Paris
Allegiance	Kingdom of France; Kingdom of the French; First French Republic; First French Empire
Branch	Army
Service years	1792–1809
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Commands	V Corps; Consular Guard
Conflicts	See battles French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition Battle of Loano; Second Battle of Dego; Battle of Bassano; Battle of San Giorgio; Battle of Arcole; Battle of Rivoli; ; French Campaign in Egypt Siege of El Arish; Siege of Jaffa; Siege of Acre; Battle of Abukir; ; War of the Second Coalition Battle of Chiusella River; Battle of Montebello; Battle of Marengo; ; ; Napoleonic Wars War of the Third Coalition Battle of Wertingen; Battle of Ulm; Battle of Amstetten; Battle of Schöngrabern; Battle of Austerlitz; ; War of the Fourth Coalition Battle of Saalfeld; Battle of Jena–Auerstedt; Battle of Pułtusk; Battle of Heilsberg; Battle of Friedland; ; Peninsular War Battle of Tudela; Siege of Zaragoza; ; War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Abensberg; Battle of Landshut; Battle of Eckmühl; Battle of Ratisbon; Battle of Aspern-Essling †; ; ;
Awards	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown; Duke of the Empire
Spouses	; Paulette Méric (m. 1795; ann. 1800) ; Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello (m. 1800)
Relations	Gustave Olivier Lannes de Montebello (son) ; Louis Napoléon Lannes (son)
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Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lan]; 10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals, and is regarded by many as one of history's greatest military commanders. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant". A personal friend of the emperor, he was allowed to address him with the familiar tu, as opposed to the formal vous.