was appointed a member of the Legion of Honor on 19 Frimaire XII (11 December 1803) and a Grand Officer of the Order 25 Prairial XII (14 June 1804). He was created comte de l'Empire in 1808. Menou's principal contributions to the French Empire came in Italy. He was named Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown 23 December 1807, shortly after his appointment as Governor of Venice. While still holding this appointment, he died on 13 August 1810, at the Villa Corniani near Mestre. The name of General Menou is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, on the south side. By his marriage to Zubaidah El Bawwab, he had a son Jacques Mourad Soliman (born 28 July 1800 in Rosetta, Egypt). Notes Sources Louis Adolphe Thiers, History of the Consulate and the Empire of France under Napoleon, London 1893, v. 2, Book X, passim. External links 1750 births 1810 deaths French governors of Egypt 19th-century Egyptian people People from Indre-et-Loire Converts to Islam French Muslims French former Christians Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Republican military leaders of the War in the Vendée Counts of the First French Empire People of the First French Empire French campaign in Egypt and Syria Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe