Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, [1] [2] 1st Duke of Dalmatia (French: [ʒɑ̃dədjø sult]; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars , and served three times as President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of France.

Marshal of the Empire. Soult was made a Marshal of France with the creation of the empire in 1804. With war declared in 1805, Soult's camp became IV Corps of La Grande Armée and quickly marched east to do battle with the Austrians. After crossing the Rhine in September, ...

Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, duke de Dalmatie (born March 29, 1769, Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, later Saint-Amans-Soult, Fr.—died Nov. 26, 1851, Saint-Amans-Soult) was a French military leader and political figure who was noted for his courage in battle and his opportunism in politics.. Upon the death of his father in 1785, Soult enlisted in the infantry

Soult accompanied Napoleon's invasion at Spain later that year, leading the final stages of the pursuit to Corunna and occupying Portugal in march 1809. Driven out of Oporto by Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese force in May, he defeated Spanish forces at Ocana during the summer and was Jourdan's successor as Joseph Bonaparte's chief of staff ...

In late 1800, the First Consul sent him to pacify Piedmont. In 1802, Soult became colonel-general of the Consular Guard light infantry and a fervent Bonapartist. The advent of the Empire (1804) brought him titles and glory. He was named marshal on …

He was restored as a Marshal in 1820 and in 1827 Charles X elevated him to the peerage after Soult had professed his support for the monarchy. By supporting King Louis-Philippe in 1830, Soult enjoyed a brilliant career as Minister and later Prime Minister during the July Monarchy; however, this did not stop him from once again becoming a ...

Nicolas Soult. French Marshal Duc de Dalmatie 1769-1851. More than 20 years after the Napoleonic Wars had ended Marshal Nicolas Soult was representing France at the coronation of Queen Victoria when he was grabbed by the arm by none other than the Duke of Wellington.. The conqueror of Napoleon Bonaparte is reported to have said: "I have you at last."

Marshal Soult was one of the most able of all Napoleon’s marshals, rising from the ranks to become the Grand Old Man of the French Army, and only the fourth man to be created Maréchal-général of the French army. In 1785 he enlisted as a private solider in the royal regiment of infantry. In 1792, during the first military crisis of the revolution, he was commissioned in …

Marshal Soult received an even greater award in 1808, when he was named the Duke of Dalmatia. The title of Duke was the highest rank of nobility in Napoleon’s Empire, except for the title of France. Despite the fact that Dalmatia was a large province, Soult himself was unhappy with the title because he had expected to be made the Duke of ...

Jean-de-Dieu Soult [n 1], 1 er duc de Dalmatie, né le 29 mars 1769 à Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, aujourd'hui Saint-Amans-Soult , où il est mort le 26 novembre 1851, est un maréchal d'Empire et homme d'État français. ... Un navire de guerre britannique de la classe Marshal Ney lancé en 1915 a été baptisé HMS ...