Charles-Pierre Augereau

Marshal of the Empire

Charles-Pierre-François Augereau

Duke of Castiglione
Marshal of the Empire; Charles-Pierre-François Augereau; Duke of Castiglione
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Born	21 October 1757; Paris, France
Died	12 June 1816 (aged 58); La Houssaye-en-Brie, France
Buried	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Allegiance	France
Branch	French Army
Service years	1774–1815
Rank	Marshal of the Empire
Conflicts	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Siege of Izmail; ; French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Boulou; Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga; Battle of the Black Mountain; Battle of Loano; Montenotte campaign Battle of Millesimo; ; Battle of Fombio; Battle of Borghetto; Battle of Castiglione; Battle of Rovereto; ; Napoleonic Wars Ulm campaign; Battle of Jena-Auerstedt; Battle of Eylau; Third Siege of Gerona; ;
Awards	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain; Knight of the Order of Saint Louis; Peer of France
Relations	Jean-Pierre Augereau (brother)
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Charles Pierre François Augereau, duc de Castiglione (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl pjɛʁ oʒʁo]; 21 October 1757 – 12 June 1816) was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the Revolutionary Wars, he earned rapid promotion while fighting against Spain and soon found himself as a division commander under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy. He fought in all of Bonaparte's battles of 1796 with great distinction. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon entrusted Augereau with important commands. His life ended under a cloud because of his poor timing in switching sides between Napoleon and Louis XVIII. Napoleon wrote of Augereau that he "has plenty of character, courage, firmness, activity; is inured to war; is well liked by the soldiery; is fortunate in his operations". Augereau is generally counted as one of the most capable generals of the Napoleonic Wars.