#marshal babies

[elisabeth515]

An incomplete list of nicknames I’ve given/coined for Napoleonic marshals

Ney: ginger babey, marshal bae, THE babey

He was the original, so all subsequent “babeys” are in one way or another reminded me of him (also one could not be affiliated with English-speaking countries unless he’s a minority in said countries (eg. George Washington Carver))

Lannes: ladder lord

Murat: dummy thicc™️, Jojo, curly god

Moncey: goodest boi

Massena: ravioli lord

Augereau: gangstar

Macdonald: MacMarshal, macbabey (seldom)

Soult: bread man, cookie lord

Bessières: marshal cupcake, cupcake lord

Berthier: administrative cyborg

Kellermann: windmill man

Lefebvre: grandpa

Davout: Savage edge lord

This is as far as I remembered since it’s been YEARS since I was active in the Napoleonic community on tumblr, here’s a cupcake lord for you guys

Also special thanks to my mutual @histoireettralala for reminding me some of the nicknames

[elisabeth515]

For @histoireettralala; thanks for the ask!

14) Leave in charge of my home while I’m away

Hm…

I’m not gonna do a 1-5 preference here. Masséna and Augereau are already out because I can’t trust those two chaotic guys who acted as if they’re my little brothers that I have to babysit. Then there’s Soult, can’t trust him either because he might take my valuables away (as well as the bread machine) if he’s in charge of my home.

And now we have Oudinot and Bernadotte. It’s a tough choice honestly. I seriously don’t want Oudinot to be injured by my needlework equipments or being tripped over by the fabric box that I put beside my bed, and then there’s Bernadotte who probably can’t even resist the cold weather in Sheffield, as the weather turns colder.

But anyways, I would prefer Bernadotte to Oudinot for taking in charge of my home since he seems to be a better administrator…

[elisabeth515]

Pronunciation of the marshalate

Firstly, I am very sorry that I did not do double checks before reposting content again. So, after some thoughts, I decided to make a better version of our own.

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Notes:

- All pronunciations of names are transcribed into English sounds (as much as possible)

- Since the [y] sound is absent in English, I decided to use the u-umlaut (ü) in German (and Mandarin Chinese pinyin) which was the closest to the “u” in French. The sound is the closest to “u” as in “pure” in English.

- the guttural “r” in French is going to be denoted with “hr”

- “an”, “on” and “in” are nasal sounds

- Please note that even native speakers disagree on some pronunciations

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Charles Pierre François Augereau (O-zher-hro)

Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (Ber-nah-dot)

Louis-Alexandre Berthier (Behr-ti-yer)

Jean-Baptiste Bessières (Be-si-ehr)

Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune (Brüne)

Louis-Nicolas Davout (Dah-voo)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (Zhoohr-don)

François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann (Ke-ler-mahn)

Jean Lannes (Lahn)

François Joseph Lebfevre (Le-fevhr)

André Masséna (Maa-sen-na)

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (Mon-sey)

Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph Mortier (Mohr-ti-yer)

Joachim-Napoléon Murat (Mü-hra)

Michel Ney (it’s between Neh and Nay)

for details, watch this clip of our ginger babe demanding soup (source: Jean-Roch Coignet TV série)

#SoupepourNey #SoupforNey

Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (Pe-hri-zhnon)

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (Se-hrü-hri-ehr)

Jean-de-Dieu Soult (Soo)

Claude Victor-Perrin (Vik-tor-Per-hran)

Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre MacDonald (Mack-Don-nal)

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (Mahr-mon)

Nicolas Charles Oudinot (Oo-di-no)

Louis-Gabriel Suchet (Sü-shay)

Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (Goo-vi-on-Son-Seehr)

Józef Antoni Poniatowski (Pon-ee-ah-tov-ski)

Emmanuel de Grouchy (Ghroo-shee)

I hope I get everything right, also here I would like to thank @histoireettralala for helping me to make this post happen🙈

[elisabeth515]

The appointment of the original 18 marshals of the empire in 1804

Having assumed a crown Napoleon proceeded to create a military aristocracy. On 21 February, 1793, the Convention has decreed the abolition of the rank marshal of France, which dated back to the time of Philip Augustus. At St. Cloud on 19 May Napoleon signed a decree reviving the dignity, and at the same time promoting to the Marshalate eighteen soldiers of the wars of the revolution.

The name of Alexandre Berthier headed the list. He was his [Napoleon] right-hand man as a soldier—his chief of staff, on whom he relied for the execution of his orders. Next to Berthier came Murat, to whom he had given the hand of his sister Caroline. Then there came the names of Moncey, Jourdan, Masséna, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davout and Bessières. All these were men who had held high command in the field, and were still in the prime of life and fit to be the leaders of his armies in coming wars. Four names were added of men, who were more advanced in years, and whose promotion was a recognition of past services to France, and a link between the Empire and the earlier glories of the Republic. These were Kellermann, Lefèbvre, Perignon and Sérurier.

Source: Marshal Ney - The Bravest of the Brave by A. Hillard Atteridge

[elisabeth515]

If you're still up for that old ask from a few days ago, how about one of these, whichever you like ? : (8.) Mortier, Soult, Masséna (4.) Junot, Duroc, Champollion (5.) Lannes, Ney, Murat

Alright-

Imma answer all

8. share a car with, share a bank account with, share a cake with

Share a cake with Soult because he bake

Share a bank account with Mortier because he’s nice guy

Share a car with Masséna because whatever

4. write a book with, read a book to, hit with a book

Write a book with Champollion—reason is very obvious

Read a book to Duroc because he’s a cupcake

Hit Junot with a book (I’m sorry🥺)

5. go on a six hour road trip with (no car radio, you choose who drives), sit next to on a six hour plane flight, sit across from on a six hour train journey

This is tough because I am very tempted to put Ney in all options

6-hour road trip with Murat because that would be F U N

6-hour plane flight with Ney

6-hour train journey with Lannes