General Victor-Lèopold Berthier




Born: May 22, 1770

Place of Birth: Versailles, Yvelines, France

Died: March 13, 1807

Cause of Death: Illness

Place of Death: Paris, France

Arc de Triomphe: N/A







Berthier's older brothers were the talented Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier and another general, Louis-Cèsar-Gabriel Berthier. Berthier's wife had an affair with General Lasalle, and upon discovery of this he divorced his wife, who then married Lasalle.


Sources:

Elting, John R. Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee. USA: Da Capo Press, 1997.

Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Généraux & Amiraux Français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.

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