Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie (March 29, 1769 – November 26, 1851), generalissimo of France, was born at Saint-Arnans-la-Bastide (now in department of the Tarn), and was the son of a country notary at that place.

Bibliography

See A Salle, Vie politique du maréchal Soult (Paris, 1834); A de Grozelier, Le Maréchal Soult (Castres, 1851); A Combes, Histoire anecdotique du maréchal Soult (Castres, 1869).

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