André Masséna [SEP] conflict
André Masséna
André Masséna, 1st Duke of Rivoli, 1st Prince of Essling (born Andrea Massena; 16 May 1758 – 4 April 1817) was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon, with the nickname "l'Enfant chéri de la Victoire" ("the Dear Child of Victory").
Many of Napoleon's generals were trained at the finest French and European military academies, but Masséna was among those who achieved greatness
Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli
François Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling (born 2 April 1799 in Antibes, died 16 April 1863) was an amateur ornithologist. He was the youngest of four children of André Masséna, 2nd Prince of Essling and Anne Marie Rosalie Lamare.
His siblings were Victoire Thècle Masséna, Marie Anne Elisabeth Masséna and Jacques Prosper Masséna.
Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr. Thomas Bellerby Wilson in 1846.