Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (born 1763, died 1844)įrench soldier who rose to the rank of marshal. Leader of the British and allied forces in Spain and Belgium during the Napoleonic wars Defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Fell at the battle of WaterlooĪrthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (born 1769, died 1852)īritish military and political leader. Commanded British troops on the Iberian Peninsula under the Duke of Wellingtonīritish general. Died leading an unsuccessful assault on Andrew Jackson's army at New Orleans. Sir Edward Pakenham (born 1778, died 1815)īritish general. Lost a leg while commanding the allied cavalry at Waterloo Henry William Paget, Marquis of Anglesey (born 1768, died 1854)īritish general. Fell leading his victorious troops at the Battle of Coruna Led troops on the Iberian Peninsula and at Waterloo during the Napoleonic wars Rowland Hill, Viscount Hill (born 1772, died 1842)īritish general. Commanded a division on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic wars Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (born 1748, died 1843)īritish general. George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie (born 1770, died 1838) Led the famous Light Division on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic wars Robert Crauford British general known as ''Black Bob.'' Served under Wellington during the Napoleonic wars Led troops in Egypt, on the Iberian Peninsula, and at Waterlooīritish general. John Colborne, Baron Seaton (born 1778, died 1863)īritish general. William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (born 1768, died 1854) Led troops in Egypt and on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic wars Served with the Hanoverians and British in the Napoleonic warsīritish general. Karl August von Alten (born 1764, died 1840) Fell at the head of his victorious army at Alexandria in 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby (born 1734, died 1801)īritish general. Led the Austrian contingent in Napoleon''s 1812 invasion of Russia upon the failure of that campaign, led the Allies to victory over the French at Leipzig Prince Karl Philip von Schwarzenberg (born 1771, died 1820)Īustrian general. Led Austria into war against his son-in-law, Napoleonīaron Karl Mack von Leiberich (born 1752, died 1828)Īustrian general known as ''The Unfortunate Mack.'' His 20,000-man army was surrounded and captured by Napoleon at Ulm in 1805Ĭount Johann Radetsky (born 1766, died 1858) Emperor of Austria, 1804-35, as Francis I. Last Holy Roman emperor, ruling 1792-1806. One of the few commanders to wrest victory from Napoleon himself, at the Battle of Aspern in 1809 Defeated by Napoleon at Arcole and RivoliĬharles, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Teschen (born 1771, died 1847)Īustrian military leader. Joseph Alvinczy, Baron von Borberek (born 1735, died 1810)Īustrian field marshal. His flamboyant leadership of the French cavalry and his marriage to Caroline Bonaparte gained him the throne of Naples These men led armies during the almost continuous warfare that wracked Europe from the 1790s until the battle of Waterloo in 1815.įrench marshal. Some of the generals and leaders we could discuss on this thread are the following: Here is a thread to discuss these generals, books written about them, urls about them and the like. There were many generals of the Napoleonic Wars.
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