Charles Claude Jacquinot

Charles Claude Jacquinot

Charles Claude Jacquinot (born August 3, 1772 in Melun , † April 24, 1848 in Metz ) was a French general in the cavalry .

Live and act

Jacquinot was the son of a city official. In 1791, at the age of nineteen, he joined the Military Academy of Pont-à-Mousson as a cadet . He quickly made a career and was promoted to aide-de-camp under General Pierre Riel de Beurnonville in 1795 .

In the Battle of Hohenlinden (December 3, 1800), Jacquinot commanded as deputy to General Louis Pierre de Montbrun (1770-1812) and was wounded.

As aide-de-camp of General Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc , he took part in the battle of Austerlitz (December 2, 1805) and before Jena (October 14, 1806) he commanded the 11e régiment de chasseurs à cheval . Even before Abensberg (April 19/20, 1809), Raab (June 14, 1809) and Wagram (July 5/6, 1809) he was able to distinguish himself through bravery.

In 1812, when Napoleon was planning his war against Russia , Jacquinot switched to his staff. He took part in the fighting at Ostrovno (July 25/26, 1812), the Battle of Smolensk (August 17/18, 1812) and in the Berezina (November 25/26, 1812).

Jacquinot fought valiantly at Dennewitz (October 6, 1813), before Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813) and together with General Horace-François Sébastiani he took part in the fighting at Bar-sur-Aube (February 27, 1814) and Saint -Dizier (March 26, 1814).

After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Abdication ) General Jacquinot was posted to Vienna to initiate and supervise the exchange of prisoners of war. When Napoleon left the island of Elba and his “ rule of the hundred days ” began, Jacquinot also rejoined him.

After the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) General Jacquinot was not removed from office and after the July Revolution of 1830 he remained in office and dignity. He held several management positions in succession and was stationed in Metz in 1835 . King Louis-Philippe I officially retired General Jacquinot on August 28, 1836. Jacquinot settled in Metz and died there on April 24, 1848.

Honors

• 1814 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• 1814 Austrian Imperial Leopold Order
• 1844 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the eastern pillar (20th column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris )

literature

• David G. Chandler : The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition)
• Kevin F. Kiley: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles, 1800-1815 . Greenhill, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-85367-710-6 .
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de le révolution et de l'émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).
• Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ In the buildings of the former Pont-à-Mousson University , a Jesuit college.