Charles Nicolas d'Anthouard de Vraincourt

Charles Nicolas d'Anthouard de Vraincourt , rarely Charles Nicolas Danthouard (born April 7, 1773 in Verdun , † March 14, 1852 in Paris ) was a French general de division of the artillery .

Life

Anthouard de Vraincourt comes from an old family of officers; his grandfather was the aide-de-camp of King Charles XII. and his father led a regiment in Picardy . On September 1, 1787 Anthouard de Vraincourt joined with fourteen years as a cadet at the Military School of Pont-à-Mousson one.

He was able to distinguish himself very quickly and switched to the royal artillery in 1789 and on May 18, 1792 he was promoted to captain . In 1793/94 he joined the Italian Army and fought under General François-Christophe Kellermann . After the Peace of Campo Formio (October 17, 1797) he was able to return to France.

When Napoleon was planning his Egyptian expedition in 1798 , Anthouard de Vraincourt volunteered. He took part in the siege of Malta and the conquest of Alexandria , and fought valiantly in the Battle of the Pyramids (July 21, 1798). He was also able to distinguish himself through bravery during the sieges of al-Arish (February 1799), Jaffa (March 1799) and Acre (March / May 1799).

1801 Anthouard de Vraincourt could return to France again and was soon to Colonel promoted.

Under the leadership of Eugène de Beauharnais , whose aide-de-camp he had been for some time, Anthouard de Vraincourt fought near Raab (June 14, 1809) and Wagram (July 5-6, 1809).

Charles Nicolas d'Anthouard de Vraincourt died three weeks before his 79th birthday on March 14, 1852 in Paris and found his final resting place on the Cimetière Père Lachaise (Division 32).

Honors

• May 19, 1802 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• July 14, 1804 Officer of the Legion of Honor
• 1806 Chevalier des Ordre de la couronne de fer
• July 11, 1807 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• August 15, 1809 Comte de l'Émpire
• September 1813 Commandeur des Ordre de la couronne de fer
• July 8, 1814 Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• July 29, 1814 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• May 1, 1831 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
• November 19, 1831 Peer of France
• His name can be found on the southern pillar (21st column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris )

literature

• Karl Bleibtreu : Marshals, generals, soldiers of Napoleon I. VRZ-Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-931482-63-4 (reprint of the Berlin 1899 edition).
• Philip J. Haythornthwaite: Who was who in the Napoleonic Wars . Arms & Armor, m London 1998, ISBN 1-85409-391-6 .
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .

Web links

• Charles Nicolas d'Anthouard de Vraincourt at Amis et Passionés du Père-Lachaise