lt), 1769–1851, marshal of France. Having won distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, especially at the battle of Austerlitz, he was created (1808) duke of Dalmatia and was given command in the Peninsular War Peninsular War, 1808–14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula.
Origin and Occupation..... Click the link for more information. . After the restoration (1814) of the monarchy, King Louis XVIII made him minister of war, but he rejoined Napoleon I in the Hundred Days (1815). Exiled after the second restoration, he returned to France in 1819, was restored to his rank, and was made (1827) a peer by King Charles X. Under King Louis Philippe, Soult held several ministerial posts, including that of premier (1832–34, 1839–40, 1840–47). His last premiership was only nominal, since his cabinet was really dominated by François Guizot Guizot, François , 1787–1874, French statesman and historian. The son of a Protestant family of Nîmes, he was educated at Geneva. He began a legal career in Paris in 1805, but soon took up literary work and later became a professor of modern
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Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu
Born Mar. 29, 1769, at Saint Amans-la-Bastide, now Saint Amans-Soult, in the department of Tarn; died there Nov. 27, 1851. French marshal (1804). Duke of Dalmatia (1807).
The son of a notary, Soult joined the army in 1785 as a noncommissioned officer. He distinguished himself during the revolutionary wars and was made a brigadier general for his conduct in the battle of Fleurus in 1794. In 1799 he was made a general in command of a division. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, and from 1805 to 1807 he commanded an infantry corps in wars against Austria, Russia, and Prussia. From 1808 to 1812 and from 1813 to 1814 he commanded armies in Spain, Portugal, and southern France, and in 1813 he fought in Germany.
A talented military leader, Soult was extremely ambitious and politically unscrupulous. After Napoleon’s abdication, Soult became a fervent royalist and was appointed war minister (1814–1815) by Louis XVIII. During the Hundred Days he served as Napoleon’s chief of staff. After the Second Restoration of 1815 to 1819, he went into exile. After the July Revolution of 1830 he was war minister (1830–32) and president of the Council of Ministers (1832–34, 1839–40, and 1840–47); he led the suppression of the Lyon uprising of 1831. In 1847 he received the highest military rank of marshal general of France.
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