Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc ( French pronunciation: [ʒeʁo kʁistɔf miʃɛl dyʁɔk]; born du Roc; 25 October 1772 – 23 May 1813), Duke of Frioul, was a French general and diplomat who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic…
Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, vévoda de Frioul (původně Géraud Christophe de Michel, chevalier du Roc; 25. října 1772 v Pont-à-Mousson – 23. května 1813, padl v Markersdorfu u Zhořelce – Německo) byl francouzský generál a diplomat, od…
Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc, duke de Frioul was a French general and diplomat, one of Napoleon’s closest advisers. The son of Claude de Michel, chevalier du Roc, who was a cavalry officer, Duroc went to the Châlons artillery school…
In 1804, Napoleon commissioned a series of portraits on the occasion of his coronation on 2 December. This picture here (one of that series), a standing