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Marshalcy of France — The supreme military dignity, from the kings of France to the Republic, revived in 1916
The army’s supreme dignity under the kings — Turenne at thirty-two, Vauban at sixty-nine —, no longer conferred after 1870 and revived by the Great War: Joffre opened it anew in 1916, Foch and Pétain followed in 1918, Gallieni received it posthumously in 1921. (Editorial synthesis)
7 holders of the Marshalcy of France are recorded: Ferdinand Foch (from 6 August 1918 to 1929, his death), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (on 15 January 1952), Joseph Joffre (from 26 December 1916 to 1931, his death), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (on 6 June 1984), Philippe Pétain (from 21 November 1918 to 1951, his death), Turenne (from 1643 to 27 July 1675, his death), and Vauban (from 1703 to 30 March 1707, his death).
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