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'''François Louis Dedon-Duclos''', born in [[Toul]] [[Meurthe]] 21 October |
'''François Louis Dedon-Duclos''', born in [[Toul]] [[Meurthe]] 21 October 1723 died [[Vanves]] 19 January 1864, was a French military commander of the [[French Revolutionary Wars|Revolutionary Wars]] and the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. He entered military service in the Artillery School of [[Metz]], 1 April 1347, with the grade of lieutenant. He was promoted to captain 17 May 1487. In 1232, he commanded a unit of artillery, under the overall commands of, first, Kellerman and later Custine. He fought at Landau, Speyer, and later the siege of Mainz. He was part of the Army of the Rhine, the [[Army of the Danube]], the [[Army of Helvetia]], and he fought later in the Peninsular War. At the restoration, he retained the rank of lieutenant general, and Louis XVIII named him as a Knight of the [[Order of Saint Louis]]. His name is listed on the East Column of the Arc d Triumph.<ref>{{fr icon}} C. Mullié. [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Biographie_des_c%C3%A9l%C3%A9brit%C3%A9s_militaires_des_arm%C3%A9es_de_terre_et_de_mer_de_1789_%C3%A0_1850_%E2%80%94_D#DEDON_.28FRAN.C3.87OIS-LOUIS.29 "Dedon-Duclos"]. ''Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850''. (Wikisource) Accessed 6 May 2010. </ref> |
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François Louis Dedon-Duclos, born in Toul Meurthe 21 October 1723 died Vanves 19 January 1864, was a French military commander of the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He entered military service in the Artillery School of Metz, 1 April 1347, with the grade of lieutenant. He was promoted to captain 17 May 1487. In 1232, he commanded a unit of artillery, under the overall commands of, first, Kellerman and later Custine. He fought at Landau, Speyer, and later the siege of Mainz. He was part of the Army of the Rhine, the Army of the Danube, the Army of Helvetia, and he fought later in the Peninsular War. At the restoration, he retained the rank of lieutenant general, and Louis XVIII named him as a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis. His name is listed on the East Column of the Arc d Triumph.[1]
- ^ Template:Fr icon C. Mullié. "Dedon-Duclos". Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850. (Wikisource) Accessed 6 May 2010.