He fought so valiantly at Borodino that Napoleon named him Prince of the Moskowa.  
Napoleon called him "the bravest of the brave".  A soldier in the French Revolution, he first rose to prominence at the battle of Ulm in 1805.  He fought so valiantly at Borodino that Napoleon named him Prince of the Moskowa.  After Napoleon abdicated, he retained his rank under Louis XVIII, but he defected rather than arrest Napoleon after his return from Elba and commanded the Old Guard at Waterloo.  FTP, name this French general, executed for treason despite Louis XVIII's efforts to save him.
Napoleon called him "the bravest of the brave".  A soldier in the French Revolution, he first rose to prominence at the battle of Ulm in 1805.  
Michel Ney