Marshal of France was the highest military rank in France before the revolution. After the revolution it was abolished as an elitest rank, but in 1804 Napoleon reinstated it as part of his attempts to rebuild a system of honours in France. Napoleon appointed twenty six marshals between 1804 and 1815.
| Name | Lived | Notes and titles | Date appointed |
| Pierre Francois CharlesAugereau | 1757-1816 | Duc de Castiglione | 19.05.1804 |
| Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte | 1763-1844 | Later King Charles XIV of Sweden | 19.05.1804 |
| Louis-Alexandre Berthier | 1753-1815 | Prince de Neuchatel, suicide or murdered? | 19.05.1804 |
| Jean Baptiste Bessieres | 1763-1813 | Duc D’Istrie, Killed in battle | 19.05.1804 |
| Guillaume Marie Anne Brune | 1763-1815 | Murdered by a loyalist mob | 19.05.1804 |
| Louis Nicolas Davout | 1770-1823 | Prince de Eckmuhl, Duc d’Auerstadt | 19.05.1804 |
| Laurent Gouvion St.Cyr | 1764-1830 | Later Marquis de St.Cyr | 27.08.1812 |
| Emmanuel Marquis de Grouchy | 1766-1847 | Marquis | 03.06.1815 |
| Jean Baptiste Jourdan | 1762-1833 | 19.05.1804 | |
| Francois Etienne ChristopheKellerman | 1735-1820 | Duc de Valmy | 19.05.1804 |
| Jean Lannes | 1769-1809 | Killed in battle | 19.05.1804 |
| Francois Joseph Lefebvre | 1755-1820 | Duc de Danzig | 19.05.1804 |
| Jacques Etienne JosephMacdonald | 1765-1840 | Duc de Tarente | 12.07.1809 |
| Auguste Frederic Viesse deMarmont | 1774-1852 | Duc de Raguse | 12.07.1809 |
| Andre Massena | 1758-1817 | Prince d’Essling Duc de Rivoli | 19.05.1804 |
| Bon Adrien Jannot de Moncey | 1754-1842 | Duc de Conegliano | 19.05.1804 |
| Adolphe Edouard Mortier | 1768-1835 | Duc de Trevise | 19.05.1804 |
| Joachim Murat | 1767-1815 | King of Naples, Grand Duke of Berg, death by firing squad | 19.05.1804 |
| Michel Ney | 1769-1815 | Prince de la Moskowa, Duc D’Elchingen, death by firing squad | 19.05.1804 |
| Nicholas Charles Oudinot | 1767-1847 | Duc de Reggio | 12.07.1809 |
| Catherine Dominique Perignon | 1754-1818 | Later Marquis de Perignon | 19.05.1804 |
| Josef Anton Prince Poniatowski | 1763-1813 | Drowned in battle | 16.10.1813 |
| Jean Mathieu Serurier | 1742-1819 | 19.05.1804 | |
| Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult | 1769-1851 | Duc de Dalmatie | 19.05.1804 |
| Louis Gabriel Suchet | 1770-1826 | Duc d’Albufera | 01.07.1811 |
| Claude Victor | 1764-1841 | Duc de Bellune | 13.07.1807 |
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