Nicolas Joseph Maison | |
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![]() Portrait by Léon Cogniet, 1835 | |
Born | Épinay-sur-Seine, France | 19 December 1771
Died | 13 February 1840 Paris, France | (aged 68)
Years of service | 1789–1836 |
Rank | Marshal of France |
Commands | Morea expedition (1828) |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Greek War of Independence |
Awards | Marquess Peer of France Name engraved under the Arc de Triomphe Grand-croix of the Order of Saint-Louis Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour Knight of the Military Order of Maximilian Joseph (Bavaria) Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer (Greece) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (Spain) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) |
Other work | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1830) Minister of War (1835 –1836) |
Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1st Marquis of Maison (French pronunciation: [nikɔla ʒozɛf mɛzɔ̃]; 19 December 1771 – 13 February 1840) was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and as commander of the Morea expedition during the Greek War of Independence. He was made a Marshal of France in 1829 and served as Minister of War from 1835 to 1836.[1]