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Jean Baptiste Bessieres, Duc d'Istrie (1786-1813). French soldier, appointed Marshal of France 1804. Distinguished himself at Aboukir and Austerlitz (1805) and fought in the Peninsular and Russian campaigns. Killed by a stray bullet on the eve of the Battle of Lutzen. Lithograph.

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Jean Baptiste Bessieres, Duc d'Istrie (1786-1813).  French soldier, appointed Marshal of France 1804. Distinguished himself at Aboukir and Austerlitz (1805) and fought in the Peninsular and Russian campaigns.  Killed by a stray bullet on the eve of the Battle of Lutzen. Lithograph.