In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication in 1814. A few were aristocrats, but others were the sons of shopkeepers or tailors. The most favoured became princes and kings. Among their ranks were legendary figures such as Marshals Lannes, Ney, Soult, Davout and Masséna, but also less well know figures like Pérignon, Brune and Moncey. Our series explores the lives of all 26 Marshals, and ranks them according to our own judgement of their achievements as Marshals.

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00:00 Intro
04:18 Marshal Pérignon
05:50 Marshal Brune
08:41 Marshal Sérurier
10:45 Marshal Kellermann
12:42 Marshal Grouchy
15:25 Marshal Moncey
18:35 Marshal Poniatowski
22:03 Marshal Jourdan
24:58 Marshal Bernadotte
31:18 Marshal Augereau
36:18 Marshal Lefebvre
41:04 Marshal Mortier
46:16 Marshal Marmont
52:36 Marshal Saint-Cyr
57:55 Marshal Oudinot
1:04:17 Marshal Victor
1:10:34 Marshal Murat
1:22:44 Marshal Bessières
1:29:58 Marshal Macdonald
1:38:42 Marshal Masséna
1:47:30 Marshal Suchet
1:55:44 Marshal Ney
2:10:17 Marshal Soult
2:22:25 Marshal Berthier
2:33:55 Marshal Lannes
2:45:41 Marshal Davout

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