Jean Lannes,
1st Duc de Montebello,
1st Prince de Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a
Marshal of the Empire. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes:
"I found him a pygmy and left him a giant". A personal friend of the emperor, he was allowed to address him with the familiar "
tu", as opposed to the formal "
vous".