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Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War of France and was made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804. Berthier served as chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte from his first Italian campaign in 1796 until his first abdication in 1814. Th…
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politics · French general and politician (1753–1815) · sculptor · politician · military personnel · engineer · marshal · also Luis Alejandro Berthier, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Alexandre Berthier, Berthier
Born 20 November 1753 · Died 1 June 1815 · Q155734
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They had two daughters, Malcy Louise Caroline Frédérique Berthier Princess of Walgram (1832-1884), Elisabeth Alexandrine Maria Berthier Princess of Wagram (1849–1932) and a son, Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (1836–1911)
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Died 1815-06-01.
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And accompanied the king on his solemn entry into Paris
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And in north-east France in 1814, fulfilling, until the fall of the French Empire, the functions of chief of staff of the Grande Armée
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And took part in the extremely unusual council of war on whether to proceed, being one of several who advised against an advance on Moscow which Napoleon had decided on, encouraged by Joachim Murat who was blamed by many
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The French army in Bavaria underwent a series of reverses
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Berthier served in the Peninsular War, and in 1809, served in the Austrian theatre during the War of the Fifth Coalition, after which he was given the victory title of Prince of Wagram
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Berthier managed to keep his mistress and his wife together under the same roof, a state of affairs which infuriated the emperor
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When Napoleon deposed King Frederick William III of Prussia from the Principality of Neuchâtel (now the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel), Berthier was appointed its ruler, with the title of Prince of Neuchâtel and Duke of Vala
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Awarded Marshal of the Empire (1804).
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And Vice-Constable of the Empire in 1807
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Born 1753-11-20.
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