Jeffery Amherst (Lord)
(1717/1797)
English field marshal, commanding English troops in America, he conquered Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg and Canada; commander-in-chief of the British armed forces from 1778 until his death.
François de Bassompierre
(1579/1646)
French military officer and diplomat. He was made Marshal of France in 1622.
Jacques Bazin de Bezons
Marshal of France and governor of Cambrai. He was a councillor of state and intendant of Languedoc.
Charles Just de Beauvau-Craon
(1720/1793)
Marshal of France, 2nd Prince of Beauvau, he was elected to the French Academy in 1771.
Charles Louis Auguste Belle-Isle (Fouquet, Duke of)
(1684/1761)
Marshal, Minister of War (1758), member of the French Academy (1749).
Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
(1764/1844)
Marshal of the Empire and then King of Sweden (from 1818 to 1844), under the name of Charles XIV.
Louis-Alexandre Berthier (Prince of Neuchâtel)
(1753/1815)
Marshal of the Empire (1804). Assassinated at the ducal palace in Bamberg.
Pierre Beurnonville (Riel de)
(1752/1821)
A general of the Empire, he was made Marshal of France by Louis XVIII. He voted for the death of Ney, his former comrade.
Pierre Joseph François Bosquet
(1810/1861)
Marshal of France (1856), he particularly distinguished himself in Algeria and Crimea.