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Lefebvre, Pierre François Joseph

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Lefebvre, Pierre François Joseph (1755–1820)

French soldier who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He helped Napoleon come to power in the coup d'etat of 1799, and was made a marshal of France by the emperor in 1804. In the campaign against Prussia, he captured Danzig (now Gdansk in Poland) in 1808.

Lefebvre was born at Rufach, Alsace. He distinguished himself at the battle of Fleurus in 1794. During Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812, he was commander of the Imperial Guard.



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