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General Victor-Lèopold Berthier

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Born: May 22, 1770

Died: March 13, 1807

Place of Birth: Versailles, Yvelines

Cause of Death: Illness

Battle Unit Rank
Austerlitz Général de division I Corps (Chief of Staff)


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 (Swords Around a Throne), Six (Dictionnaire Biographique)


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