Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Jean Victor Marie Moreau
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
	Portrait by François Gérard, c. 1797
Born	14 February 1763; Morlaix, Kingdom of France
Died	2 September 1813 (aged 50); Louny, Austrian Empire
Allegiance	Kingdom of the French; First French Republic; Russian Empire
Rank	Général de Division; Marshal of France (posthumous)
Commands held	Army of Italy; Army of the Rhine and Moselle
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition Battle of Rastatt (1796); Battle of Kehl (1796); Battle of Ettlingen; Battle of Neresheim; Battle of Friedberg (Bavaria); Battle of Biberach (1796); Battle of Emmendingen; Battle of Schliengen; Battle of Diersheim (1797); ; War of the Second Coalition Battle of Cassano (1799); Battle of Bassignana (1799); Battle of San Giuliano; Battle of Cascina Grossa; Battle of Novi (1799); Battles of Stockach and Engen; Battle of Messkirch; Battle of Hohenlinden; ; ; Napoleonic Wars War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Dresden †; ; ;
Alma mater	University of Rennes
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Jean Victor Marie Moreau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ viktɔʁ maʁi mɔʁo], 14 February 1763 – 2 September 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the foremost French generals in military history.

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