Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (died 1813)

Géraud Duroc

French general, Grand marshal of the palace

Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, Duke of Frioul, was a French general and diplomat who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his friendship with Napoleon Bonaparte, who appointed him as the first Grand marshal of the palace, the head of…