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Jean-Baptiste Bessières
1813May, 1

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
Jean-Baptiste Bessières (6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813), 1st Duke of Istria (Duc d'Istrie), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother, Bertrand, followed in his footsteps and eventually became a divisional general. Their cousin, Julien Bessières, also served Emperor Napoleon I as a diplomat and imperial official.

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