César Berthier
See also: Berthier
César Berthier born on November 9th 1765 with Versailles, deceased on August 17th 1819 with Grosbois (Seine-et-Oise) was a general and a Count of Empire.
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Berthier and the brother of Louis-Alexandre Berthier.
He was chief of staff of the place of Paris in 1803. He was governor of the Ionian Îles in 1807-1809. He was made count d' Empire in 1810. General ordering the military division of Turin (1808-1811), it was charged by Napoleon with annexing the Valais in France. He adopted the Bourbons in 1814.
In Corfou
Napoleon proposed to the Tsar Alexandre Ier his support in exchange of the Ionian Islands. The archipelago was yielded to France at the time of the peace of Tilsit in 1807. Convention remained secret in order to protect transport from the troops since the south of Italie.In fact, four days before the signature of the treaty, therefore the July 4th 1807, Joseph, then king of Naples, accepted the order to make cross the Canal of Otranto to troops.
Become “Commander de Corfou”, César Berthier settled in Fortezza Vecchia, in the building occupied before him by the provéditeurs of Venice, the Gentili generals and Chabot, then Mocenigo. Napoleon had promised that the Seven Islands would preserve their independence, however, the fact that Berthier made hoist the Tricolor on the citadel was not regarded as an encouraging sign by the local population. Moreover, that dissatisfied Napoleon, like all the policy followed by Berthier.
The lifestyle of Berthier continued to alienate the population, but also the French garrison to him. It got dressed with Eastern, made of the woman of an Italian captain his mistress.
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