Marengo

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• Died: 1832
• Best Known As: The steed of Napoleon

Marengo is the most famous of Napoleon's many horses. Named for Napoleon's success at the Battle of Marengo in 1800, the horse carried Napoleon in several subsequent battles and is often thought to be the horse portrayed in Jacques-Louis David's famous 1801 painting titled Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps. Marengo was captured by the British after the Battle of Waterloo and proudly displayed in England. After the horse's death its skeleton was put on display in the National Army Museum. In 2000 Marengo was the topic of a book, Jill Hamilton's Marengo: the Myth of Napoleon's Horse.

Dictionary: Ma·ren·go  (mə-rĕng'gō)

Prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, onion, and white wine: veal Marengo.

[After Marengo, a village of northwest Italy (probably from the chicken dish served to Napoleon following his victory over the Austrians here on June 14, 1800).]

Marengo may refer to:

• The Battle of Marengo (1800), in northern Italy
• Marengo (département), a département of the First French Empire in northern Italy in the early 19th century
• Chicken Marengo, a food dish, according to tradition, eaten by Napoleon before the Battle of Marengo
• Marengo (spider), a genus of jumping spiders
• Marengo (horse), was the name of Napoleon's horse

Places

In Italy:

• Marengo, Italy, a village in Italy
• Bosco Marengo, a municipality in Italy

In Canada:

• Marengo, Saskatchewan

In the United States of America:

• Marengo, Illinois
• Marengo, Indiana, site of Marengo Cave
• Marengo, Iowa
• Marengo, Michigan
• Marengo, Ohio
• Marengo, Wisconsin
• Marengo County, Alabama

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