Marshals
The title of Maréchal de France is awarded as a distinction, rather than a rank. The marshals wear seven stars and carry a baton.
Famous examples include Turenne, Vauban, Joachim Murat, Michel Ney, Bazaine, Guillaume Brune, Louis Nicolas Davout, André Masséna, Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Marie Pierre Koenig and Alphonse Juin.
A famous example would be Philippe Pétain, who became famous as Maréchal Pétain, Chief of State of the Vichy France regime and retained his title even after his trial and imprisonment and after he was stripped of other positions and titles.
Another particular example is Marshal de MacMahon, who ruled the Third Republic from 1875 to 1879.
Six Marshals of France have been given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General of France: Biron, Lesdiguières, Turenne, Villars, Saxe and Soult.
Read more about this topic: Ranks In The French Army