Lucien Enjolras

"Yes. He came to power after the fall of the first republic, worked his way up through the army and gained power about ten years before I was born. He very nearly conquered the whole of Europe after that, until a coalition helped in part by England brought him down some years later. --Though I suppose trying to invade Russia in the winter did not do him any favors, either. Pontmercy's father fought with him, I think? I never asked."