Claude-Marie Meunier
Claude-Marie Meunier (born August 4, 1770 in Saint-Amour , † April 14, 1846 in Paris ) was a French Général de division of the infantry .
Life
Meunier comes from a humble background and was enthusiastic about the theories of Jean-Jacques Rousseau at an early age .
In 1792 he joined the 35 e régiment d'infanterie as a cadet and also took part in some fights; first in the Armée du Rhin with whom he served in the defense of Mainz in 1793 , later in the Armée d'Italie . In 1798 he was captain and at the beginning of 1810 he was already général de brigade .
On March 25, 1805, Meunier married Laure David, the daughter of the painter Jacques-Louis David , who also portrayed him in 1812. One of Meunier's sons later became mayor of Lille .
Meunier fought in the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula and in 1812 accompanied Napoleon on his Russian campaign . There he was wounded, but was able to save himself back to France.
After Napoleon's abdication, Meunier joined the Bourbons and was therefore during the Restoration of King Louis XVIII. appointed as military commander of Poitiers .
Claude-Marie Meunier died on April 14, 1846 in Paris at the age of 75 and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery near the grave of his father-in-law. A few weeks before his death, he saw his memoirs published.
Honors
- Baron de l'émpire
- his name can be found on the southern pillar (30th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
Works
- Claude-Michel Meunier: L'histoire populaire de Napoléon, suivie de la translation de ses restes mortels à Paris . Paris 1846.
literature
- David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
- Kevin F. Kiley: Once therer were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles . 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 1852 (2 vols.).
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux francoais de la révolution et de l'émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).
- Digby Smith : Napoleonic Wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meunier, Claude-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French infantry division general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Amour |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1846 |
| Place of death | Paris |