Edme Aimé Lucotte
Edme Aimé Lucotte (born October 30, 1770 in Créancey , † July 8, 1825 in Port-sur-Saône ) was a French Général de division .
Life
Even as a schoolboy, Lucotte sympathized with revolutionary ideas and joined the army on July 23, 1793. First he served under General François-Christophe Kellermann , later he moved to the Rhine Army under General Jean-Victor Moreau .
He later served in the war in Spain .
On March 17, 1825, General Lucotte was released into retirement. He settled in Port-sur-Saône and died there on July 8, 1825 at the age of 54.
Honors
- December 9, 1794 Commander of the Legion of Honor
- July 8, 1814 Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
- April 24, 1815 comte de l'émpire
- His name can be found on the south pillar (29th 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).
- Charles Mullié: Dictionnaire des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
- Digby Smith : Napoleonic Wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucotte, Edme Aimé |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French division general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Creancey |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1825 |
| Place of death | Port-sur-Saône |