Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1st Marquis of Maison
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| Nicolas Joseph Maison | ||
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| 1st Marquis of Maison | ||
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| 1835 portrait by Léon Cogniet. | ||
| Born | 19 December 1771 Épinay-sur-Seine, France | |
| Died | 13 February 1840 (aged 68) Paris, France | |
| Spouse | Madeleine Weydold | |
| Issue | Eugène, Viscount Maison | |
| Full name | ||
| Nicolas Joseph Maison | ||
| Burial | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris | |
 
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Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1st Marquis of Maison (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.
Honours[edit]
- Marshal of France (1829)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
- Knight of the Military Order of Saint Louis
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint Louis.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium).
- Knight of the Military Order of Max Joseph.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer.
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- 1771 births
- 1840 deaths
- People from Épinay-sur-Seine
- French marquesses
- Counts of the First French Empire
- French Foreign Ministers
- French Ministers of War
- Military governors of Paris
- Peers of France
- Marquesses of France
- Men created Marshals of France in the reign of Louis XVIII
- French diplomats
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Marshals of France
- French nobility
- French generals
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Crosses of the Legion of Honour
- Knights of the Military Order of Saint Louis
- Grand Crosses of the Military Order of Saint Louis
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
- Grand Cordons of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Knights of the Military Order of Max Joseph
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
- Barons of the First French Empire