Ney,
Michel Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de La Moskova 1769-1815; Fr. military leader under Napoleon I: executed
See Ney in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nā), Michel Duc d'Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa. 1769-1815.
French marshal who commanded the rear guard in Napoleon I's retreat from Moscow (1812) and later deserted Louis XVIII to aid Napoleon at Waterloo (1815).