Charles Antoine Houdar de La Motte
Charles Antoine Houdar de La Motte (born November 21, 1773 in Versailles , Yvelines department , † October 14, 1806 near Jena ) was a French infantry colonel .
Live and act
Houdar de La Motte was the son of the administrator Louis-Antoine de La Motte and his wife Marie-Marguerite Le Dée; the writer Antoine Houdar de la Motte was a distant relative.
With the support of the politician Louis Phélypeaux de Saint-Florentin , his father's employer, Houdar de La Motte began his military career in 1793 with the rank of sous-lieutenant . First with the Armée du Nord , he later moved to the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse . He was able to distinguish himself several times in the Revolutionary Wars and in April 1797 was aide-de-camp with General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers .
When Napoleon Bonaparte planned his invasion of Egypt in 1798 , he released Houdar de La Motte for various tasks. After the surrender of Malta on June 11th, Houdar de La Motte stayed in Malta and should u. a. bring the captured flags of the Order of Malta to France. While still within sight of the island, his ship was seized by the Royal Navy and taken prisoner himself.
During the Second Coalition War , Houdar de La Motte was released in July 1799 and was able to return to France. With the rank of colonel, he was immediately reassigned to General Baraguey d'Hilliers' staff.
1805 changed Houdar de La Motte in the same position to General Louis-Vincent-Joseph Le Blond, Comte de Saint-Hilaire and fought under his command near Austerlitz (December 2, 1805). Houdar de La Motte was killed in the Battle of Jena (October 14, 1806) and found his final resting place on the edge of the battlefield.
Honors
- December 25, 1805 Commander of the Legion of Honor
literature
- Danielle Quintin: Dictionnaire des colonels de Napoléon (Kronos; 22). SPM Paris 1996, ISBN 2-901952-17-8 .
- Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
- Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-213-60485-1 .
Web links
- Charles Antoine Houdar de La Motte at arcdetriomphe.info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Houdar de La Motte, Charles Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French infantry colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles , Yvelines department |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1806 |
| Place of death | at Jena |