Historical Figures

Soult John of God(1769 - 1851)

Marshal under Napoleon, he seized the Pratzen plateau at Austerlitz and was qualified as "the first maneuver d'Europe", he is also in Jena and Eylau. In Spain, we talk about him for the throne of Portugal, he will then try to push back the English and Spanish but he succumbs in Toulouse in front of an army four times superior to his own. He was Minister of War under Louis XVIII, who named him peer of France, and was President of the Council for seven years under Louis-Philippe.