. "Napoleonic Wars"@en . . . "Michel Ordener"@en . . . . "1755-09-02"^^ . . "L'H\u00F4pital, Moselle, France"@en . "Michel Ordener was a general of division and a commander in Napoleon's elite Imperial Guard. Of plebeian origins, he was born 2 September 1755 in L'H\u00F4pital and enlisted as private at the age of 18 years in the Prince Conde's Legion. He was promoted through the ranks; as warrant officer of a regiment of Chasseurs \u00E0 Cheval, he embraced the French Revolution in 1789. He advanced quickly through the officer ranks during the French Revolutionary Wars."@en . . . . . . "22"^^ . "Michel Ordener"@en . . . . "Grand Officer of the Legion d\u2019Honneur"@en . . "Compiegne, France"@en . . "250"^^ . "Order of the Iron Cross, 1807\nCount of the Empire 1808"@en . . . "Senate, First Equerry for the Empress, Governor of the Imperial Palace at Compiegne"@en . "--08-30"^^ . . . "Michel Ordener was a general of division and a commander in Napoleon's elite Imperial Guard. Of plebeian origins, he was born 2 September 1755 in L'H\u00F4pital and enlisted as private at the age of 18 years in the Prince Conde's Legion. He was promoted through the ranks; as warrant officer of a regiment of Chasseurs \u00E0 Cheval, he embraced the French Revolution in 1789. He advanced quickly through the officer ranks during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1804, Ordener organized and led the controversial kidnapping of the Duke d'Enghien. In 1805, he commanded a regiment of the Imperial Guard cavalry at several important battles, including the Battle of Austerlitz; although he led an energetic and opportune charge, Napoleon noted that Ordener seemed tired and predicted that the general would last only five or six years more. Ordener participated in one more campaign and then accepted a post in the Senate. Napoleon appointed him as Josephine Bonaparte's equerry, supervising the care and maintenance of her horses. He followed this with the post as governor of the Emperor's household in Compiegne, where Ordener died in 30 August 1811."@en . . "1776"^^ .