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Born February 6, 1842 • Saint-Louis • Senegal
Died July 18, 1922 (aged 80) • Paris • France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Louis Faidherbe
Louis Faidherbe
governor of French Senegal
Clauzel, lithograph by A.-L. Lemercier after a portrait by A. Maurin
Bertrand, Count Clauzel
marshal of France
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Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d’Orléans, duke d’Aumale
French noble
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
French explorer
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Francis I
Francis I
king of France
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader
Fredric Westin: portrait of Charles XIV John
Charles XIV John
king of Sweden and Norway
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Lazare Carnot, lithograph by Ambroise Tardieu, after an engraving by C.A. Forestier
Lazare Carnot
French military engineer
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Ney, Michel
Michel Ney
French duke
The Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
French noble
Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch
marshal of France