Claude François de Malet

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Claude François de Malet

Claude-François de Malet (born June 28, 1754 in Dole , Franche-Comté , † October 29, 1812 in Paris ) was a French général de brigade .

Life

Malet entered military service at the age of 16 and in 1790, a staunch supporter of the revolution , headed the National Guard in his homeland. He later went to the Rhine Army as a captain . In 1799 he became brigadier general in the Armée des Alpes and in 1805 went to Italy , where he received the governorate of Pavia . Since Malet did not deny his republican sentiments, he was deposed in 1807 and imprisoned in 1808.

Malet conspiracy

During the campaign against Russia , he believed his time had come and tried to implement his long-cherished plan to overthrow Napoleon . He escaped from custody on the night of October 22nd to 23rd, 1812 together with the Abbé Jean-Baptiste Lafon and tried to stir up the soldiers in the surrounding barracks . To this end, he had forged documents that were supposed to prove the death of the emperor and the establishment of a provisional government. At first he succeeded in deceiving the commandant of the Municipal Guard of Paris and bringing his soldiers under his authority. With this help, he arrested several high officials, including the Police Prefect of Paris, and freed two imprisoned generals, Victor-Claude-Alexandre Fanneau de Lahorie and Emmanuel-Maximilien-Joseph Guidal , who both joined him. When attempting to take over the military command of Paris, the officer on duty there, Colonel Jean Doucet, became suspicious, as he was aware of letters from Napoleon written after his presumed death, October 7, 1812. He asked Malet for a face-to-face meeting, then overpowered him and imprisoned him.

The very next day Malet was with his co-conspirators before a court martial found sentenced to death , and on October 29, 1812 shot .

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SURNAME Malet, Claude François de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malet, Claude-François de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Dole , Franche-Comté
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1812
Place of death Paris