Dominique de Vedel
Dominique Honoré Antoine Marie, comte de Vedel ( German Dominique Honoré Antoine Marie Graf von Vedel ; born July 2, 1773 in Monaco , † March 30, 1848 in Paris ) was a French Général de division .
Life
Origin and family
Dominique de Vedel came from a family from Marsillargues . Several members of his gender had distinguished themselves in military service. His brother Antoine was battalion commander in the Guard and received the Order of the Legion of Honor near Leipzig.
He married Pauline Carlier de Saint-Cyr on November 3, 1802 . The couple had at least one son:
- Dominique-Honoré (born September 25, 1809 - † July 12, 1878), Comte de Vedel, ⚭ Cécile-Estelle Peigné
Career
He joined the Régiment de Maine as a soldier in 1784 , was a sous-lieutenant in the Regiment de Foix (No. 83) in 1787 , advanced to lieutenant in 1791 and captain in 1792 . Also in 1792 he moved to the 28th e régiment d'infanterie and took part in the battles of the central and northern armies, as well as in Italy . In 1793 he was captain of the 1st Free Company of the Maritime Alps and embarked for Corsica . He was then assigned to the General Staff of the Army of Italy and rose to Chief de bataillon in 1795 . He participated with honors in the Italian campaign , in particular in the battle of Rivoli . Towards the end of 1799 he was chief de brigade of the 17th demi-brigade d'infanterie légère and in 1803 Colonel in the 17th regiment d'infanterie . Vedel became an officer in the Legion of Honor in 1804 . During the Third Coalition War , after taking part in the Battle of Ulm and Austerlitz, he was promoted to Général de brigade . In the Fourth Coalition War he fought in the battles at Jena and Auerstedt , Pułtusk , Heilsberg and Friedland , with both Heilsberg and Friedland being wounded. In 1807 he was also commander of the Legion of Honor in May and was promoted to division general in November. In June of 1808 he became the Count of the Empire (Comte de l'Empire) raised . In the same year he was instrumental in the Battle of Bailén during the Spanish campaign , the greatest French defeat in Spain. The consequences were grave for Vedel: He was brought before the court martial and, in addition to his dismissal, he was also removed from the lists of the Legion of Honor. It was not until 1813 that he was back in the Reserve Army of Italy, was able to distinguish himself in several fights and in 1814 was knight of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis . During the Hundred Days he was in command of the 14th Military Division. In 1816 he was reinstated in the Order of the Legion of Honor and only received his departure in 1825 . In 1830 it was still on the reserve general staff. Vedel spent his old age in Paris and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery after his death .
Works
- Précis des opérations militaires en Espagne 1808, digitized
literature
- Eugène Fiéffé: History of the foreign troops in the service of France: From their formation up to our days as well as all those regiments that were raised in the conquered countries under the First Republic and the Empire. German by F. (= Georges François) Symon de Carneville, Volume II, Deschler'sche Buchdruckerei, Munich 1860, p. 295, note 1.
- Karl Florentin Leidenfrost : French Heldensaal or the life, deeds and current fates of the most memorable heroes of the republic and the empire, in particular of Napoleon's comrades in arms and marshals , Bernhard Friedrich Voigt , Ilmenau 1828, pp. 419-421.
Web links
- Letters in the National Archives in Paris
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vedel, Dominique de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vedel, Dominique Honoré Antoine Marie, comte de (full name); Vedel, Dominique Honoré Antoine Marie Graf von (DeS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general de division |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monaco |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1848 |
| Place of death | Paris |