General who, as commander of the army in Paris, was a principal organiser of the coup of 2 December 1851
Born in Paris in 1791, he enlisted as a private in 1809. He fought in Spain from 1810 to 1813, joined the Imperial Guard in 1814 and was wounded at Craonne, and rejoined the Guard in the Hundred Days. He stayed in the army under the Restoration, served in the Spanish campaign of 1823 and took part in the conquest of Algeria as a colonel. He served in Belgium from 1832 to 1839 and commanded the department of the Nord from 1839 to 1845. In 1848 he commanded at Lyon until he was wounded in the insurrection; in 1849 he took over the 4th military division at Strasbourg and was elected deputy for the Seine. Made commander of the army in Paris in June 1851, he was one of the principal organisers of the coup of 2 December, and in 1852 he became a senator and Marshal of France.
Also known as: Marshal Magnan
Activities and affiliations
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1809–1815
Consulate and First Empire state institutions
Military command -
1815–1830
French monarchy state institutions
Military command -
1830–1865
France state institutionsCommander of the army in Paris; Marshal of FranceMain
Military command -
1849–1851
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1809Enlisted as a private
- 1810–1813Peninsular War
- 1832–1839French force in Belgium
- 1839–1845Commander of the department of the Nord
- 1849Commander of the 4th military division at Strasbourg; deputy for the Seine
- 1851Commander of the army in Paris
- 1852Senator; Marshal of France