Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons

Nicolas-Marie Songis des Courbons
Portrait by Robert Lefèvre, 1806 (copy by Guérin)
Born	(1761-04-23)23 April 1761 Troyes, France
Died	27 December 1810(1810-12-27) (aged 49) Paris, France
Buried	Panthéon, Paris
Allegiance	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of France (1791–1792), French First Republic, First French Empire.
Service/branch	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, Grand Aigle, Légion d'honneur, Knight of the Iron Crown
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]