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Géraud-Christophe-Michel Duroc, duke de Frioul
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Born October 25, 1772 • France
Died May 23, 1813 (aged 40) • near Görlitz • Germany • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Role In Napoleonic Wars

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Duroc, portrait by Jacques-Louis David; in the Musée Léon Bonnat, Bayonne, Fr.
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