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Francois Victor Massena, 2nd Duke of Rivoli
Francois Victor Masséna, 2nd Duke of Rivoli and 3rd Prince of Essling (April 2, 1799 - April 16, 1863) was an amateur ornithologist. He was the son of André Masséna, Marshal of France.
Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr T. B. Wilson in 1846. Wilson gave the collection to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé , including the Green-cheeked Conure.
In 1823 he married Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli and they had four children.
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