Honoré Charles Reille
Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille | |
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| Service/ | French Army |
| Years of service | 1791–1815 |
| Rank | Général |
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Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille (French pronunciation: [ɔnɔʁe ʃaʁl miʃɛl ʒozɛf ʁɛj]; 1 September 1775 – 4 March 1860) was a Marshal of France, born in Antibes.
Reille served in the early campaigns of the
In 1808 Reille partook in the campaign in Spain, the next year he participated in the battles of
After the fall of Napoléon in 1814, the Bourbons made Reille inspector-general of the 14th and 15th Infantry Divisions. During the Hundred Days, he rallied to Napoléon and was given command of II Corps, which he led in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
In 1819 he was made a Peer, in 1847 he was made a Marshal of France and in 1852 he was made a Senator. Reille died in 1860 in Paris and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, in the same tomb as his father-in-law Masséna.[1] A street is named after him near the Parc Montsouris in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
His son, René Reille (1835–1898), was a soldier, industrialist and politician who served for many years in the national Chamber of Deputies.[2]
References
- ^ "Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille". napoleon-monuments.eu. 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "René, Charles Reille-Soult-Dalmatie", Sycomore, Assemblée nationale, retrieved 2017-07-06
External links
- Honoré Charles Reille at Find a Grave
- "General Honoré-Charles-Michel-Joseph Reille". virtualarc.com.
- "Reille, Honoré Charles". napoleon.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23.
- "Honoré Charles Michel Joseph Reille". empire.histofig.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-04-05.
- "Reille, Honoré Charles Michel". epoche-napoleon.net (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-02-21.
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