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Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia (French: [ʒɑ̃dədjø sult]; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman.
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, duke de Dalmatie (born March 29, 1769, Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, later Saint-Amans-Soult, Fr.—died Nov. 26, 1851, Saint-Amans-Soult) was a French military leader and political figure who was noted for his courage in battle and his opportunism in politics.
One of an impressive pantheon of Gascon-born soldiers (including Murat, Ney and Lannes) who rose to international renowm under Napoleon, Soult was a clerk's son, and joined the royal French Army as a private in 1775.
Biography of Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851): The Duke of Damnation and Hand of Iron, a Marshal of France best known for his campaigns in the Spanish Peninsula.
Ministre de la Guerre, il est le principal instaurateur de la Légion étrangère en 1831. Par trois fois chef du gouvernement, il détient le record de longévité à ce poste (9 ans, 3 mois et 17 jours, dont 6 ans, 10 mois et 20 jours en continu). En 1847, il reçoit du roi Louis-Philippe le titre unique de « maréchal général de France ».
A short biography (with portrait) of Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851), Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal of the First French Empire.
Jean de Dieu Soult , Duc de Dalmatie, Marshal (1804) One of the finest military careers of the era. Soult, the eldest son, was destined to take over his father's law practice but preferred to enlist in the Royal Army at age 14.
