General Victor-Lèopold Berthier
Born: May 22, 1770
Place of Birth: Versailles, Yvelines, France
Died: March 13, 1807
Cause of Death: Illness
Place of Death: Paris, France
Arc de Triomphe: N/A
Berthier's older brothers were the talented Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier and another general, Louis-Cèsar-Gabriel Berthier. Berthier's wife had an affair with General Lasalle, and upon discovery of this he divorced his wife, who then married Lasalle.
Sources:
Elting, John R. Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee. USA: Da Capo Press, 1997.External Links:
Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Generaux & Amiraux Francais de la Revolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.