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Andrea Massena, in francese André Masséna, duca di Rivoli, principe di Essling ( Nizza, 6 maggio 1758 – Parigi, 4 aprile 1817 ), è stato un generale francese di origine italiana, maresciallo dell'Impero . Di origini modeste, Massena diede prova di grandi qualità militari durante le guerre rivoluzionarie francesi, dimostrandosi uno dei ...
André Masséna (äNdrā´ mäsānä´), 1758–1817, marshal of France, b. Nice. Of humble origin, he entered (1791) the French army and rose rapidly because of his brilliant tactical abilities. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaign, won the battle of Rivoli (1797), where he earned a reputation for rapaciousness, and distinguished himself in Napoleon's campaigns of 1800 ...
Born Nice, 6 May, 1758, died Paris, 4 April, 1817. Married Mlle Lamarre. Cabin boy 1771 – 1775. Volunteer in the Royal-Italian regiment up to the rank of adjutant sous-officier, retired 1789. Moved to Antibes. Soldier in the Var, Adjudant-major in 1789 to Adjudant-général 1792. Served in the Armée d’Italie, 1792-1798.
André Masséna, Prince D'Essling, in the Age of Revolution. (1789-1815) [1] By Donald D. Horward. Florida State University. During the Revolutionary period of European history an unusual number of brilliant young officers rose to positions of command in the armies of France. Some of them were accomplished strategists, tacticians ...
André Masséna. Maréchal de France, pair de France (Nice 1758-Paris 1817). Il fait la campagne d'Italie, où sa participation à la victoire de Rivoli (janvier 1797) lui vaut, de Bonaparte, le surnom d'« Enfant chéri de la Victoire ». Vainqueur des Russes et des Autrichiens à Zurich (25-26 septembre 1799), puis commandant de l'armée d ...
Masséna a déjà envoyé deux aides de camp auprès de Napoléon, son fils Prosper et Barrin chargés d'annoncer que toutes les difficultés d'une marche difficile ont été surmontées. Barrin rapporte : « Sa Majesté attend le succès du 4e corps pour frapper rudement l'Archiduc ».
His father Jules and his uncle Augustin were amongst the first Massénas to move to Nice, in the 1740s. The Masséna family originated from Piedmont and had preferred to settle firstly in Levens. Jules’s third child, André, was born in the capital of the county on 6 May 1758, and baptised in the cathedral Sainte-Réparate two days later.
