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provinces and later became Grand Marshal of the Palace in 1813, the administrator of Napoleon’s campaign household. Mouton served primarily, but with distinction, as a general, for the rest of the wars. Given the title, Count Lobau, by Napoleon for his efforts at Essling, Mouton served France as a member of the House of Representatives after the Restoration and commanded the National Guard after the July Revolution. Another aide de camp, Anne Marie Jean Rene Savary, the Duc de Rovigo, in addition to his periodic military duties in several campaigns, also was special ambassador to Spain and ambassador to Russia. He became Minister of Police in 1810, replacing Fouche’. Arrighi de Casanova, who was Corsican and a relative by marriage to Napoleon, was an aide at Aspern Essling. Afterwards, he became Inspector-General of the Cavalry and then commander of all French troops on the North Sea coastline before serving as a Cavalry Corps commander in the Leipzig campaign. He later was in the French National Assembly and was a senator. But Rapp had perhaps the most interesting career of them all. Famous for his resolute bravery, he was wounded in battle 12 times. He also had saved Napoleon during an assassination attempt early in his reign. He had led a charge of mounted Guard Chasseurs; mounted Guard Grenadiers; and the Guard Mameluks

against the Russian Chevalier Guard at Austerlitz, which was crucial to the French victory there. Prior to the 1809 campaign, he served as the Governor of Danzig, where he also had to manage the damaged sensibilities of the Prussians. After his success in the 1809 campaign, he again was selected to be an aide de camp

during the Russian campaign. He was wounded at Borodino and then later in the Russian campaign, saved Napoleon from Cossacks during the retreat. He suffered frostbite during that retreat and was sent to Danzig to recover. While there, Napoleon then appointed Rapp governor of Danzig for the second time. Besieged by Coalition forces, Rapp held out for a year before suffering a Coalition betrayal. During his long career of service to Napoleon, Rapp was known to express frankly his strong opinions to Napoleon in intense conversations, which might periodically send Rapp out of favor with the court, but Napoleon always brought him back.

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