Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons | |
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![]() Portrait by Robert Lefèvre, 1806 (copy by Guérin) | |
Born | Troyes, France | 23 April 1761
Died | 27 December 1810 Paris, France | (aged 49)
Buried | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Artillery |
Years of service | 1780–1809 |
Rank | General of Division |
Commands | Second-in-command of the "Army of the North" Artillery, Chief of battalion in the 8th Foot Artillery regiment, Commander of the 1st Horse Artillery regiment, Commander of the Grande Armée Artillery. |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Count of the Empire,![]() |
Other work | First General Inspector for Artillery |
Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons, Count of the Empire, (French pronunciation: [nikɔlɑ maʁi sɔ̃ʒi de kuʁbɔ̃]; 23 April 1761 – 27 December 1810), was a French artillery commander during the French Revolutionary Wars, who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1800 and served as commander of the Grande Armée artillery between 1805 and 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars.[1]