Louis Joseph Narcisse Marchand

Place: Paris

Born: 1791

Death: 1876

Biography:

Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand was born in Paris, France in 1791 and died in Trouville, France in 1876. He was Napoleon Bonaparte's valet and the nominated liquidator of his succession. He was made a count by Napoleon I on his deathbed and was confirmed in this title by Napoleon III in 1869. He married in 1823 and took part in the Retour des cendres (Return of the ashes) in 1840. His memoirs have been helpful to historians, though the facts described were not written with impartiality and dispassion. A new edition of his memoirs was published by Greenhill Books in 2018.