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X Corps (Grande Armée)

Index X Corps (Grande Armée)

The X Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 48 relations: Aide-de-camp, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Étienne Macdonald, Étienne Pierre Sylvestre Ricard, Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean, Chef d'escadron, Corps, Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch, François Joseph Lefebvre, French invasion of Russia, Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf, Gdańsk, General of the Infantry (Germany), Georg Ludwig von Wahlen-Jürgass, German General Staff, Gilbert Bachelu, Grande Armée, Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn, Henryk Ignacy Kamieński, Jean Rapp, Julius von Grawert, Kapitan (rank), Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow, Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke, Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz, Kazimierz Poniatowski, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Marshal of the Empire, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Napoleonic Wars, Oberst, Oberstleutnant, Polkovnik, Prussian Army, Rittmaster, Siege of Danzig (1807), Siege of Danzig (1813), Stabskapitän, Sub-lieutenant, Unteroffizier, War of the Fourth Coalition, War of the Sixth Coalition, Władysław Ostrowski, World War I, World War II, 12-pounder gun, 1st Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment, 6-pounder gun.

  2. Corps of France in the Napoleonic Wars

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally "helper in the military camp") is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.

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Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

(ADB; Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language.

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Étienne Macdonald

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald,Le Petit Robert des noms propres, French edition, 2018, entry « Macdonald (Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre) ».

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Étienne Pierre Sylvestre Ricard

Étienne Pierre Sylvestre Ricard (31 December 1771 – 6 November 1843) was a prominent French division commander during the 1814 Campaign in Northeast France.

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Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean

Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean (29 December 1768 – 15 September 1828) became a French division commander and saw extensive service during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Chef d'escadron

In the French armed forces (and in the armed forces of former French colonies such as the armed forces of Niger), Chef d'escadron ("squadron leader") is the title of a commandant (major) in the Cavalry, Artillery and Baggage Train Corps and in the Gendarmerie.

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Corps

Corps (plural corps; from French corps, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization.

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Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch

Lieutenant general Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch (26 July 1774 in Gut Görken, Prussia – 23 January 1840 in Berlin) was a Prussian Army officer during the Napoleonic wars.

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François Joseph Lefebvre

François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.

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French invasion of Russia

The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom.

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Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich von Kleist, granted the title Graf Kleist von Nollendorf from 1814 onwards (9 April 1762 – 17 February 1823), was a Prussian field marshal and a member of the old junker family von Kleist.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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General of the Infantry (Germany)

General of the Infantry (General der Infanterie, abbr. General d. Inf.) is a former rank of the German army (Heer).

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Georg Ludwig von Wahlen-Jürgass

Georg Ludwig Alexander von Wahlen-Jürgass (1758–1833) was a Prussian cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

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German General Staff

The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.

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Gilbert Bachelu

Gilbert Désiré Joseph Bachelu (9 February 1777 – 16 June 1849) was a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Grande Armée

paren) was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1804 to 1808, it won a series of military victories that allowed the French Empire to exercise unprecedented control over most of Europe. Widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever assembled, it suffered enormous losses during the disastrous Peninsular War followed by the invasion of Russia in 1812, after which it never recovered its strategic superiority and ended in total defeat for Napoleonic France by the Peace of Paris in 1815.

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Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn

Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn (31 October 1762–31 October 1829) was a Prussian Lieutenant general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Henryk Ignacy Kamieński

Henryk Ignacy Kamieński (31 July 1777, Hruszwica – 26 May 1831, at Ostrołęka) was a Polish brigadier general.

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Jean Rapp

General Count Jean Rapp (27 April 1771 – 8 November 1821) was a French Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and twice governor of the Free City of Danzig.

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Julius von Grawert

Julius August Reinhold von Grawert (1746–1821) was a Prussian general.

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Kapitan (rank)

Kapitan (derived from capitaine; before Latin: capitaneus – (military) leader, count, or chairman of a parish council; or from Latin: caput – head, main, chief, primary, principal, general, central, leading, etc.) is used manifold as rank, grade, or rank designation in the Army, Air Force or Navy of numerous countries and armed forces.

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Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow

Major-General Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow (5 June 1764, Eiserwagen – 23 November 1823, Berlin) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was a Knight of the Order Pour le Mérite (Blue Max).

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Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke

Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke (18 February 1776 – 15 December 1830) was a Prussian general and the first recipient of the Iron Cross.

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Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (26 October 1768 in Silesia – 11 March 1837 in Potsdam) was a Prussian officer and cartographer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Kazimierz Poniatowski

Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski (15 September 1721 – 13 April 1800) was a Polish nobleperson, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), Lieutenant general of the Royal Polish forces, generał wojsk koronnych.

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Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in the Kingdom of Prussia ending an alliance with France to one with Russia during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Marshal of the Empire

Marshal of the Empire (Maréchal d'Empire) was a civil dignity during the First French Empire.

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Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł

Prince Michał Gedeon Hieronim Radziwiłł (24 September 1778 – 24 May 1850) was a Polish–Lithuanian noble, senator and owner of the Nieborów.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Oberst

Oberst is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel.

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Oberstleutnant

Oberstleutnant (lit. Lieutenant Superior or Superior Lieutenant) is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to lieutenant colonel.

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Polkovnik

(pułkownik; lit) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states, coronel in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.

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Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Rittmaster

Rittmaster (German: Rittmeister, literally: riding master, cavalry master) is or was a military rank of a commissioned cavalry officer in the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and some other countries.

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Siege of Danzig (1807)

The siege of Danzig (19 March – 24 May 1807) was the French encirclement and capture of Danzig during the War of the Fourth Coalition.

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Siege of Danzig (1813)

The siege of Danzig (16 January 1813 – 2 January 1814) was a siege of the city of Danzig during the War of the Sixth Coalition by Russian and Prussian forces against Jean Rapp's permanent French garrison, which had been augmented by soldiers from the Grande Armée retreating from its Russian campaign.

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Stabskapitän

Stabskapitän (English: staff captain), in the cavalry also Stabsrittmeister ("staff riding master" or "staff cavalry master"), or Kapitänleutnant (captain lieutenant), was a historic military rank in the Prussian Army.

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Sub-lieutenant

Sub-lieutenant is usually a junior officer rank, used in armies, navies and air forces.

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Unteroffizier

Unteroffizier is a junior non-commissioned officer rank used by the Bundeswehr.

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War of the Fourth Coalition

The War of the Fourth Coalition (Guerre de la Quatrième Coalition) was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's French Empire, subsequently being defeated.

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War of the Sixth Coalition

In the War of the Sixth Coalition (Guerre de la Sixième Coalition) (March 1813 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (Befreiungskriege), a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba.

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Władysław Ostrowski

Wladyslaw Tomasz Rawicz-Ostrowski (1790-1869) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and Count since 1798.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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12-pounder gun

12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds.

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1st Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment

1st Lithuanian Dragoon Regiment was a Prussian Lithuanian dragoon regiment of the Royal Prussian Army.

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6-pounder gun

6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a gun firing a projectile weighing approximately.

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See also

Corps of France in the Napoleonic Wars

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corps_(Grande_Armée)