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French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century, Marshal of France
Born André MASSENA
French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Born on May 6, 1758 in Nice, France , France
Died on April 4, 1817 in Paris, France
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At the age of thirteen, Masséna became a cabin boy aboard a merchant ship; while aboard he sailed in the Mediterranean Sea and on two extended voyages to French Guiana. In 1775, after four years at sea, he returned to Nice and enlisted in the French Army as a private in the Royal Italian regiment.
... André Masséna was born in Nice, which was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia at the time, on 6 May 1758. He was the son of shopkeeper Jules Masséna (Giulio Massena) and Marguerite Fabre. His father died in 1764, and after his mother remarried he was sent to live with relatives.
At the age of thirteen, Masséna became a cabin boy aboard a merchant ship; while aboard he sailed in the Mediterranean Sea and on two extended voyages to French Guiana. In 1775, after four years at sea, he returned to Nice and enlisted in the French Army as a private in the Royal Italian regiment.
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