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==Hundred Days and later life== Suchet accepted the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]] and was made a [[peer of France]] on 4 June 1814 by King [[Louis XVIII]].<ref name=DPF/> This was forfeited (effective 24 July 1815) by his support of Napoleon's return during the [[Hundred Days]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} During Napoleon's brief restoration, Suchet was given command of the [[Army of the Alps]] and led the [[Minor campaigns of 1815|defensive campaign]] on the southeastern front.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} He resisted the Allies' advance for nearly two months before withdrawing to his hometown of Lyon, where he signed an armistice on 12 July.<ref name=DPF/> Suchet was only restored to the Chamber of Peers on 5 March 1819.<ref name=DPF/> Unlike other marshals whom Napoleon harshly criticized in [[Saint Helena]], Suchet never lost Napoleon's high esteem.<ref name=FN/> He died on 3 January 1826 at the [[Château]] de Saint-Joseph-Montredon, now called [[Château de Saint-Just]], near [[Marseille]].<ref name=DPF/><ref>[http://www.napoleon-empire.com/castles/chateau_saint_joseph.php Castle of Saint-Joseph] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307231831/http://www.napoleon-empire.com/castles/chateau_saint_joseph.php |date=7 March 2016 }} on Napoleon & Empire website</ref>{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=7}} His son, Louis-Napoléon (1813–1877), succeeded him as Duc d'Albufera.
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