Marshal General of France, originally Marshal General of the King's camps and armies (French: maréchal général des camps et armées du roi), was a title given to signify that the recipient had authority over all of the French armies, in the days when a Marshal of France usually governed only one army.
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This title was bestowed only on Marshals of France, usually when the title of Constable of France was unavailable or, after 1626, suppressed. Unlike the title of marshal, marshal general was rarely granted to active military commanders. Rather, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was an end-of-career reward for particularly deserving or loyal marshals.
There have only been six holders of this title in the history of France:
Six in the pre-revolutionary kingdom of France:
One during the July Monarchy under the House of Orléans' sole, constitutional king, Louis Philippe:
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