Claude-Etienne Guyot

Claude Etienne Guyot

Claude-Étienne Guyot (born September 5, 1768 in Villevieux , † November 28, 1837 in Paris ) was a French Général de division of the cavalry .

Life

At the age of 22, Guyot joined the army in 1790 as a simple soldier. After just recently, he fought in the Army of the Rhine and helped led by General Jean-Baptiste Kléber with the Vendée quell. He was distinguished by bravery and in 1802 moved to the consular guard with the rank of captain .

Guyot fought at Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), Preußisch Eylau (February 7/8, 1806) and Waren-Nossentin (November 1, 1806).

After his promotion to Colonel , Guyot took over command of the Regiment de chasseurs à cheval de la Garde imperiale from 1807 to 1809 as Colonel en second . Under the leadership of General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes , he was involved in the 1808 siege of Saragossa .

After further promotions, Guyot was transferred to Napoleon's staff and fought near Aspern (May 21/22, 1809), Wagram (July 5/6, 1809). His bravery in front of Wagram was honored with his appointment as "Chamberlain of Napoleon" and promotion to Général de brigade .

Guyot took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign on the staff . He fought near Klyastitsy (July 28/30, 1812), Smolensk (August 17/18, 1812), Borodino (September 2, 1812) and the Berezina (November 26/28, 1812).

Guyot was also found on the battlefields in front of Großgörschen (May 2, 1813), Bautzen (May 20/21, 1813), Kulm (August 29/30, 1813) and Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813).

In 1814 Guyot took part in the battles at La Rothière (February 1), Champaubert (February 10), Craonne (March 7), Vauchamps (February 14) and Paris (March 30).

When Napoleon left the island of Elba and his “ rule of the hundred days ” began, Guyot immediately rejoined the emperor. In the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) Guyot was in command of the "Division de cavalerie lourde de la Garde" (Heavy Guard Cavalry Division ) and was seriously wounded in the division's attack .

When the monarchy was able to reestablish itself after the July Revolution , Guyot was military governor of Toulouse for a few years . He then withdrew into private life and settled in Paris, where he died on November 28, 1837 at the age of 69, where he also found his final resting place.

Honors

• 1805 Ordre de la couronne fer
• 1808 Baron de l'Émpire
• 1813 Comte de l'Émpire
• Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• Commander of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the western pillar (31st 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).
• David 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.).
• Alain Pigeard: Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléons. 1796-1815 . Tallandier, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-84734-073-4 .