Étienne Charles de Damas
Étienne Charles de Damas (born February 19, 1754 in Crux Castle , Crux-la-Ville (today's Nièvre department ); † May 30, 1846 in Paris ) was Chevalier, then Duke of Damas-Crux and French Lieutenant-General . He was a relative of the French general François-Étienne Damas .
In Damas he fought as a captain in the East Indies against the British East India Company and was taken prisoner there. Some time later he was released during a prisoner exchange and was then given the command of an infantry regiment . During the French Revolution in 1792 he took part in the Royalist Army in the First Coalition War in 1792 , and in 1794 he formed a legion in England and Holland, which was however destroyed at Quiberon ( Morbihan department ).
In the rank of maréchal de camp he accompanied the Duke of Angoulême on his travels and received the title of lieutenant-général after the first restoration , after the second the command of a military division , the dignity of a duke and the title of duke .
When Damas refused to take the oath of allegiance on the occasion of the July Revolution in 1830 , his peerage was revoked. He withdrew and lived until the end of his life in his castle near Menou in the Nièvre department. Étienne Charles de Damas died on May 30, 1846 in Paris at the age of 92.
Honors
- Officer of the Legion of Honor
- Knight of the Order of Malta
- Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit
- Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
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| SURNAME | Damas, Étienne Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chevalier, later Duke of Damas-Crux and French lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crux-la-Ville , Crux Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1846 |
| Place of death | Paris |