Fiction:Marshal of France

The Marshal of France (French: Maréchal de France, plural Maréchaux de France) is the most senior set of military ranks within the French Armed Forces, reporting directly to the French president.

History
The title of Maréchal de France traces its history to the Marshals of the Kingdom of France––the kings' highest military officers––then the Marshals of the Empire of the First French Empire, the French equivalent of generals. Abandoned after the fall of the Second French Empire, it was reprised by the French Fourth Republic after World War I as a distinction awarded to French generals for exceptional achievements. It remained that way through the Fifth and Sixth Republics until reforms in the 2500's that asserted the Marshal of France a rank above the disjointed chains of command of the French Army and French Starfleet.

By the 2700's, to account for growth in the French territory and French Armed Forces, the rank of sous-Maréshal was added.