Prince of Wagram (; ) was a title of French nobility that was granted to Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier in 1809. It was created as a victory title by Emperor Napoleon I after the Battle of Wagram. Berthier had previously been granted the title of Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel in 1806.
After the death of Berthier in 1815, the subsequent inheritors of the title lived at the Château de Grosbois, a large estate in Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, southeast of Paris. Since the 4th Prince of Wagram, Alexandre Berthier, had not yet married when he was killed in action during World War I, the title became extinct in 1918.
List of titleholders Image Name Birth date Death date succession Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram 20 November 1753 newly created Prince of Wagram on 31 December 1809 Napoléon Alexandre Louis Joseph Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram 10 September 1810 son of the 1st Prince of Wagram Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram 24 March 1836 son of the 2nd Prince of Wagram Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince of Wagram 20 July 1883 son of the 3rd Prince of Wagram
Tombs The 1st Prince of Wagram is buried in the Wittelsbach crypt at Tegernsee Abbey, while the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th Prince are buried at the Château de Grosbois.Max Reyne: Les 26 Maréchaux de Napoléon: Soldats de la Révolution, gloires de l'Empire, 1990
References
External links Château de Grosbois, information on the Berthier de Wagram family and their estate – not accessible 7 December 2007 Marshal Berthier's son, archives of the New York Times, February 28, 1887