page_title: List of Marshals of France
section_title: Louis XVIII, 1815–1824
hierarchical_section_title: List of Marshals of France / Restoration / Louis XVIII, 1815–1824
context_page_description: Marshal of France is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished and briefly dormant. It was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration, and one of the Grand Dignitaries of the Empire during the First French Empire.
  A Marshal of France displays seven stars on each shoulder strap. A marshal also receives a baton: a blue cylinder with stars, formerly fleurs-de-lis during the monarchy and eagles during the First French Empire. The baton bears the Latin inscription of Terror belli, decus pacis, which means "terror in war, ornament in peace".
  Between the end of the 16th century and the middle of the 19th century, six Marshals of France were given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General of France: Biron, Lesdiguières, Turenne, Villars, Saxe, and Soult.
context_section_description: Georges Cadoudal (1771–1804), Marshal of France in 1814 (posthumous)
  Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763–1813), Marshal of France in 1814 (posthumous)
  François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Duke of Coigny (1737–1821), Marshal of France in 1816
  Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duke of Feltre (1765–1818), Marshal of France in 1816
  Pierre Riel de Beurnonville, Marquis of Beurnonville (1752–1821), Marshal of France in 1816
  Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du Houx de Viomesnil, Marquis of Viomesnil (1734–1827), Marshal of France in 1816
  Jacques Alexandre Law, Marquis of Lauriston (1768–1828), Marshal of France in 1823
  Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Count Molitor (1770–1849), Marshal of France in 1823
caption: Jacques Lauriston
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