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Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert

Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert

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Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert (1771 – 1822) was a French general de division (major general). He fought at the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of Aspern-Essling and the Battle of Wagram. He was made a brigadier general in 1807. He was involved in the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He was made a baron of the First French Empire by Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis.

Commemorative plaque of Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert in Guillestre, France, 2011

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