Carel Hendrik Verhuell
Carel Hendrik Verhuell (born February 11, 1764 in Doetinchem , Geldern , † October 25, 1845 in Paris ) was a Dutch - French admiral and diplomat .
Life
Verhuell joined the Dutch Navy as a cadet . He took part in the Battle of the Dogger Bank (1781) and took his leave in 1795 after the occupation of the Netherlands by the French revolutionary army. During the capitulation in the Vlieter in 1799, he played a pernicious role for the Netherlands, but when war threatened to break out again between France and England in 1803, he returned to the military and was given command of the Dutch flotilla near Texel .
1804 Verhuell was a vice admiral at the head of a flotilla in support of the French landing on the British coast to Boulogne sent and was on the way to a fight with a strong British department at Cap Gris Nez , whom he forced to retreat.
In 1806, Verhuell was elected a member of the deputation which, on behalf of the Batavian Republic, was to ask Napoleon Bonaparte to preserve the constitution. On the other hand, he demanded Ludwig Bonaparte to be King of Holland on behalf of the Batavian national representative . The new king then appointed Verhuell Minister of the Navy and Imperial Marshal and also awarded him the title of Count of Zevenaar .
During this time, Verhuell's intimate relationship with Queen Hortense is said to have fallen. Although there are no doubts in today's research, the rumor persists that Verhuell was the father of the future Emperor Napoléon III.
In 1807, Verhuell went to Paris as an authorized minister. After the unification of Holland with France in 1810, Verhuell entered French service. In 1813 and 1814 he defended Den Helder very tenaciously against his own compatriots in the Sixth Coalition War and only surrendered this port after Napoleon had abdicated.
On his return to France, Louis XVIII appointed him . to the general inspector of the north coasts. Because he did after returning Napoleon during the Hundred Days refused, against the Bourbons to fight, he was then highly regarded at court and in 1819 the pair collected.
In 1836 Verhuell went to Berlin as the French envoy , but was soon called back. Carel Henrik Count Verhuel died in Paris on October 25, 1845.
Honors
His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 1st column.
Individual proof
- ^ Heinz Rieder: Napoleon III. Adventure and Imperator p. 28 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verhuell, Carel Hendrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-French admiral and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Doetinchem , Geldern |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1845 |
| Place of death | Paris |