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Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French military commander and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President of the Council of Ministers of France. Soult is referred to as one of the outstanding military commanders of the modern era.
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politics · Prime Minister of France and French Marshal (1769–1851) · politician · military personnel · art collector · duke · also Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, Jean de Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult
Born 29 March 1769 · Died 26 November 1851 · Q296023
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1851· 1 entry
Died 1851-11-26.
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1848· 1 entry
“s overthrow in the French Revolution of 1848. He died in 1851. During his military career, Soult amassed a large collection of paintings, many during his time in Spain. The collection was dispersed in a sale following Soult”
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1847· 1 entry
Was awarded the title Marshal General of France
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1840· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of government of France (1840–1847).
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1839· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of government of France (1839–1840).
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1834· 1 entry
When a new insurrection broke out in April in Lyon, Marshal Soult received from Lieutenant-General Aymar, commander of the troops in the city, a desperate telegraphic dispatch about evacuating the city
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1832· 1 entry
Career landmark: head of government of France (1832–1834).
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1831· 1 entry
Was sent by Louis-Philippe to Lyon with 20,000 men to crush the first insurrection of the city's silk workers, the canuts
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1819· 1 entry
Was recalled to France and returned to royal favour, and in 1830 he was made Minister of War after the July Revolution
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1815· 2 entries
Where the emperor suffered a final defeat; in this role Soult proved himself less capable than as a field commander
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Soult went into exile in Germany, but in 1819 he was recalled and in 1820 again made a Marshal of France
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1814· 1 entry
Soult declared himself a royalist, received the Order of Saint Louis, and acted as Minister of War from 26 November 1814 to 11 March 1815
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1812· 1 entry
After Wellington's great victory at Salamanca, Soult was obliged to evacuate Andalusia
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1811· 1 entry
Soult marched north into Extremadura and took Badajoz
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1810· 1 entry
Invaded Andalusia, which he quickly overran
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1809· 1 entry
Invaded Portugal and took Porto, but was isolated by General Francisco da Silveira's strategy of contention
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1808· 1 entry
Was anointed by Napoleon as 1st Duke of Dalmatia (French: Duc de Dalmatie)
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1804· 2 entries
Awarded Marshal of the Empire (1804).
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Napoleon made Soult one of his first eighteen Marshals of the Empire
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1800· 1 entry
The First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte entrusted Masséna to reorganize the Army of Italy, he insisted that Soult be his deputy; giving him the command of the right wing
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1769· 1 entry
Born 1769-03-29.
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