After spending a few weeks with the army in Germany and winning the celebrated battle of Hohenlinden (3 December 1800), he settled down to enjoy the fortune he had acquired during his campaigns.
Ob vrnitvi v Pariz se je poročil s kreolko Mille Hullot, prijateljico Joséphine de Beauharnais, ambiciozno žensko, katera je dobila popoln nadzor nad njim.