The President-Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice, Count de Mac Mahon, The Duke of Magenta, 13 June 1808 - 17 October 1893, was a French general and politician, with the distinction of Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the second president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879, French corps leaders during the German-French war 1870/71, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th. century