Claude Dallemagne

Claude Dallemagne , actually Claude d'Allemagne (born November 8, 1754 in Peyrieu , † June 24, 1813 in Nemours ) was a French Général de division of the infantry .

Life

Dallemagne came from a family with roots in Provence ; he was the only son of Balthazar d'Allemagne (1710-1772) and his wife Marie Lasalle (1731-1799). He completed his school days at the Collège in Belley .

When his father died in 1773, Dallemagne changed the spelling of his family name and was called Dallemagne throughout his life . In the same year he joined the army as a volunteer.

In 1777 he sailed from Toulon under the leadership of Admiral Charles Henri d'Estaing to the Caribbean and fought against the British off Dominica and St. Vincent . They took part directly in the War of Independence on the occasion of the siege of Savannah (September / October 1779).

Dallemagne returned to France was u. a. stationed in Grenoble for some time . He later joined the Italian Army with the rank of captain and fought a. a. at the Battle of Moulinet and was wounded there. He took part in the siege of Toulon (September / December 1793) with the rank of Général de Brigade.

He later moved to Napoleon's staff and fought at Lodi (May 10, 1796), Lonato (August 2/3, 1796), Castiglione (August 5, 1796) and Mantua (June 1796 / February 1797).

On February 19, 1800, General Dallemand married Jeanne-Christine Gaudet (1785-1849) in his hometown and had two sons with her: Clément (1801-1825) and Claudius (1801-1867).

In 1810, Dallemand resigned and settled in his hometown. During a trip back home from Paris , he died on June 24, 1813 in Nemours, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

• June 10, 1792 Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• November 26, 1803 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• June 14, 1804 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• Chevalier des Ordre de la couronne de fer
• 1807 Commandeur des Ordre de la couronne de fer
• 1813 Baron de l'Émpire
• His name can be found on the southern pillar (26th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).

literature

• André Chagny: Dallemagne et Sibuet (Le Bugey Militaire). Éditions Montbarbon, Belley 1923.
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Stephen Pope: The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars . Cassell, London 1999, ISBN 0-304-35229-2 .
• Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, vol. 2 . Slatkine, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 (reprint of the Paris 1889 edition).
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-11814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).