Entry
François-Christophe Kellermann — Victor of Valmy, 1735–1820
The Revolutionary general who held the line at the Valmy windmill; the Empire made the old soldier a marshal and a duke — named for his victory. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of François-Christophe Kellermann: Marshalate of the Empire (from 1804 to 1820, his death). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
François-Christophe Kellermann was born on 28 May 1735. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
François-Christophe Kellermann died on 13 September 1820. (source: Sénat)
François-Christophe Kellermann died in Paris. (source: Sénat)
Recorded battle commanded: the Battle of Valmy (French army).
Answers are drawn from a corpus established and verified by an editorial team; each one shows its source.
When a piece of information is not in that collection, the encyclopedia says so rather than inventing it — that principle is what makes every answer it does give trustworthy.