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Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke

Marshal of France
Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
Comte d'Hunebourg, Duc de Feltre
Portrait by Guillaume Descamps, 1817
Minister of War
In office
19 August 1807 – 1 April 1814
Preceded byLouis-Alexandre Berthier
Succeeded byPierre Dupont de l'Étang
In office
11 March 1815 – 20 March 1815
Preceded byJean-de-Dieu Soult
Succeeded byLouis-Nicolas Davout
In office
26 September 1815 – 12 September 1817
Preceded byLaurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Succeeded byLaurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Personal details
Born(1765-08-17)17 August 1765
Landrecies, Hainaut, France
Died28 August 1818(1818-08-28) (aged 53)
Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, France
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of France
 First French Republic
 First French Empire
 Bourbon Restoration
Branch/serviceArmy
Years of service1782–1816
RankMarshal of France
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1st comte d'Hunebourg, 1st duc de Feltre (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒak ɡijom klaʁk]; 17 October 1765 – 28 October 1818), was a French military officer, diplomat, and politician of Irish origin who served as Minister of War of the First French Empire from 1807 to 1814. He was made a Marshal of France in 1816.


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