NEY, MICHEL, DUC (DUKE) D'ELCHINGEN, PRINCE DE LA MOSKOWA

born Jan. 10, 1769, Sarrelouis, Fr. died Dec. 7, 1815, Paris one of the best known of Napoleon's marshals (from 1804), who pledged his allegiance to the restored Bourbon monarchy when Napoleon abdicated in 1814. Upon Napoleon's return in 1815, Ney rejoined him and commanded the Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. Under the monarchy, again restored, he was charged with treason, for which he was condemned and shot by a firing squad.