Person

Patrice de MacMahon

1808–1893 · 19th century

Patrice de MacMahon was a French marshal of Irish descent and president of France from 1873 to 1879. He won the Battle of Magenta in 1859, was captured with Napoleon III at Sedan in 1870 and crushed the Paris Commune in 1871. As president he arbitrated the dispute between Britain and Portugal over Delagoa Bay, awarding it to Portugal in 1875.

Patrice de MacMahon
Image: Mathieu Deroche · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Tembe Kingdom

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Patrice de MacMahon. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/patrice-de-macmahon
MLA
“Patrice de MacMahon.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/patrice-de-macmahon. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Patrice de MacMahon.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/patrice-de-macmahon.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Patrice de MacMahon’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/patrice-de-macmahon (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻