Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès

French lawyer and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire, best remembered as the author of the Napoleonic Code (1753-1824)

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma ( 18 October 1753 – 8 March 1824), was a French nobleman, lawyer, freemason and statesman during the French Revolution and the First Empire. He is best remembered as one of the authors of the Napoleonic Code.

Oval portrait of Cambacérès