Antoine-Constant de Brancas
Antoine-Constant de Brancas (born as Antoine-Constant Arnould , born October 16, 1764 in Paris , † May 21, 1809 in Essling at the Battle of Aspern ) was in the French military of the Revolution and the Empire.
Life
Antoine-Constant de Brancas was the illegitimate son of Louis-Léon de Brancas , Duc de Lauragais, and the singer Sophie Arnould . He was recognized by his father on July 12, 1786.
On January 22, 1792 - during the Revolution - he became Sous-Lieutenant of the 104th Regiment of the Line Infantry , on October 20, 1792 he was transferred to the 5th Hussar Regiment and on October 31, he was appointed Adjutant General.
He took part in the 1792 campaign in the Armée du Nord , fought in the Battle of Jemappes (November 6, 1792) and the Battle of Neer winds (March 18, 1793). On May 8, 1793, he was wounded at Raismes while alone with a trumpet major from the headquarters defending General Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre, who had been badly wounded by a cannonball, against attacks by the enemy. The general died the next day at Valenciennes .
He joined the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse and was Adjutant General of the battalion on May 15, 1793.
After being suspended from his duties and imprisoned as a suspect (under the Loi des suspects of September 17, 1793) and then released, he participated until year V (1796/97), either in the Armée de Sambre et Meuse or the Armée d'Hollande , part of the war again.
On 23 Pluviose III (February 11, 1795) he returned to the cavalry and was again used as a captain in the 5th Hussar Regiment. He took from VI. (1797/98) to the IX. Year (1800/01) participated in the operations of the Armée d'Helvétie and the Armée du Danube and changed to the 9th Hussars as Chief d'escadron on the 21st Vendémiaire VI (October 12, 1797) . During an operation on the 3rd Vendémiaire VII (September 24, 1798), he took four cannons and an immense spoil from the enemy at the head of the 9th Hussars, whose command he was in command that day. The violent attacks that he carried out on the 23rd of Frimaire IX (December 14th, 1800) near Salzburg earned him the recognition of the commander-in-chief.
On 6th Brumaire XII (29 October 1803) he was major of the 6th Hussar Regiment, on 4th Germinal XII (25 March 1804) he became a legionnaire of the Legion of Honor . In XIV (1805/06) he took part in the campaigns in Austria and in 1806 in those in Prussia.
On December 31, 1806 he was promoted to colonel of the 11e régiment de cuirassiers , in 1807 he undertook a campaign in Poland, on July 11, 1807 he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor.
In 1808 he served in the Armée de l'observation du Rhin . On March 19, 1808 he was raised to Baron de Brancas et de l'Empire. The patent letter was issued on January 15, 1809 in Valladolid . On May 21, 1809 he fell in the battle of Aspern (French Bataille d'Essling ).
Antoine-Constant de Brancas remained unmarried and childless.
literature
- A. Liévyns, Jean Maurice Verdot, Pierre Bégat, Fastes de la Légion-d'honneur , Volume 4, 1844, p. 229
- Académie des sciences morales et politiques , Séances et travaux de l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques: compte rendu , volume 174, Félix Alcan, 1910
Remarks
- ^ Chef des trompettes dans les corps anciennement montés (Fonction correspondant à celle de tambour-major des armes à pied). (Larousse)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brancas, Antoine-Constant de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baron de Brancas et de l'Empire |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1809 |
| Place of death | Essling |