Amédée Louis Despans de Cubières

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Amédée Louis Despans de Cubières

Amédée Louis Despans de Cubières (born March 4, 1786 in Paris , † August 6, 1853 ibid) was a French general .

Cubières took part in the imperial campaigns and became a colonel in 1815 . During the Restoration, first chief tax collector, then colonel, he moved to Morea and became brigadier general in 1829 , division general and peer of France in 1830 and minister of war in 1840 .

For bribing the Minister of Public Works, Jean-Baptiste Teste , to obtain a concession to a rock salt mine, and then for embezzling part of the bribe, Cubières was sentenced to civil degradation in 1847 and a fine of 10,000 francs, but rehabilitated in 1852.

literature

  • Adolphe Robert et Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français. Paris, Dourloton, 1889
predecessor Office successor
Simon Bernard Minister of War of France
March 31, 1839–12. May 1839 		Antoine Virgile Schneider
Antoine Virgile Schneider Minister of War of France
March 1, 1840–29. October 1840 		Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult

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personal data
SURNAME Cubières, Amédée Louis Despans de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1853
Place of death Paris