François Charles d'Avrange d'Haugéranville

François Charles d'Avrange d'Haugéranville , actually François Charles Jean Pierre Marie d'Avrange d'Haugéranville (born October 6, 1782 in Versailles , Yvelines department , † August 27, 1827 in Paris ) was a French general of the cavalry .

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D'Avrange came from a traditional family of officers; he was a son of the Maréchal de camp François d'Avrange d'Haugéranville (1745-1823) and his wife Thérèse Berthier (1760-1827). His younger brother Amedée d'Avrange d'Haugéranville (1792-1858) was the director . Jean-Francois d'Avrange du Kermont , officer in the Maison militaire du roi de France, was his paternal uncle; General César Berthier (1765-1819) was a maternal uncle.

On October 5, 1796, d'Avrange volunteered for the army and joined the 5e régiment de hussards . He was soon able to distinguish himself and was also promoted very quickly.

He became an enthusiastic supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte and on June 25, 1807 he came to the 6e régiment de cuirassiers with the rank of colonel . d'Avrange took part with his command in the fighting near Aspern (May 21/22, 1809) and was wounded on the second day of the battle. Hardly recovered, he took part in the battles near Raab (June 14, 1809), Wagram (July 5/6, 1809) and Eggmühl (April 22, 1890).

After further promotions, d'Avrange came as aide-de-camp to Marshal Joachim Murat and from February 27, 1813 he was appointed général de brigade of the Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale . After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and the Treaty of Fontainebleau (April 11, 1814), d'Avrange devoted himself to the House of Bourbon and became a supporter of King Louis XVIII.

When Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba and his rule of the Hundred Days began, d'Avrange accompanied the king into exile in Ghent . During the restoration he acted as commandant of the Maison militaire du roi de France and as such was appointed on November 14, 1815 as aide-major of the Garde du corps du roi .

D'Avrange also held this office with King Charles X. On August 25, 1827, the king took a ride in which d'Avrange also took part. His horse shied away on the way and he fell unhappy. He died two days later as a result of this riding accident.

Honors

• March 19, 1808 baron de l'Émpire
• 1814 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the north pillar (9th column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles de Gaulle (Paris)

literature

• David G. Chandler : The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (unchanged reprint of the London 1966 edition)
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, vol. 1 . Poignavant, Paris 1852
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-1814, Vol. 1 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (unchanged reprint of the Paris 1934 edition)
• Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-213-60485-1 (2 vols.)

Web links

• François Charles d'Avrange d'Haugéranville at arcdetriomphe.info (English)