Eugène Ney
1808–1845 (age 37)
nobleman
Biography
Eugène Ney was a French nobleman born in the early 19th century, representing the aristocratic traditions of France during a period when the nobility was adapting to the post-Revolutionary social order. His life reflected the changing circumstances and opportunities available to the French nobility in the decades following the Napoleonic era.
Ney's noble status and his place in French society were commemorated by his burial at Père Lachaise Cemetery. His relatively brief life spanned a crucial period in the evolution of French social structures and the role of the aristocracy in modern France.