Marshal General of France

Maréchal général des camps et Armées du roi ( German about: General Marshal of the camp and armies of the king) was a military rank in the French royal army of the Ancien Régime, which was abolished in the wake of the revolution, and then set up during the July Monarchy again. He outranked all other marshals of France ( Maréchaux de France)

The Maréchal général des camps et Armées du roi was beige represents the Constable as a military commander to support and represented this in their absence. After Cardinal Richelieu had abolished the Constable in 1627, whose duties were transferred to the respective Maréchal général des camps et Armées du roi, the thus the highest military office-holders in France was. In contrast to the marshals of France, the Marshal -General addressed (or the maréchalat général) rarely with the active troop leadership. In the 18th and 19th centuries was only these items as a reward for deserving nobles of the officer class, without any of them activities were still expected.

The title was a total of only seven awarded: