Guillaume de Vaudoncourt

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Frédéric François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt (1772–1845)

Frédéric-François Guillaume baron de Vaudoncourt (born September 24, 1772 in Vienna , † May 2, 1845 in Passy ) was a French general and war historian.

Career

Guillaume de Vaudoncourt, although born in Vienna, was the child of French parents, received his training in Berlin and Paris , where he joined an infantry battalion in 1791 and was appointed by Bonaparte to command the artillery of the Cisalpine Republic in 1797 . After the Revolution of 18 Brumaire , he was transferred to the French General Staff and promoted to colonel in 1800. In 1801 he received the supreme command of the artillery of the Italian Republic and in 1805 he helped Masséna to achieve the successes on the Brenta and Tagliamento.

In 1809 he received a command in Tyrol , in 1812 he took part in the Russian campaign under Viceroy Eugen , but fell ill on the retreat to Vilna and was taken prisoner by the Russians. In 1814 he returned to France and entered the service of the Bourbons. During the hundred-day rule , Napoleon I appointed him inspector of the National Guard in Alsace , which is why he fled after the emperor's second abdication.

From Munich , where he had found asylum, he went to Piedmont in 1821 and was briefly in command of the constitutional army there, after which he went to England via Spain . Returned to France in 1825, but not related again in military service , he died on May 2, 1845 in Passy near Paris .

Works

  • Histoire des campagnes d'Annibal en Italie (Milan 1812, 3 volumes. With atlas)
  • Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la campagne de Russie en 1812 (Paris 1815, with atlas)
  • Histoire des campagnes d'Italie en 1803 et 1804 (Munich and London 1817, with atlas)
  • Histoire de la guerre soutenue par les Français en Allemagne en 1813 (Paris 1819, with atlas)
  • Histoire des campagnes de 1814 et 1815 en France (Paris 1826, 5 volumes)
  • Histoire politique et militaire du prince Eugène Nepoléon, vice-roi d'Italie (Paris 1827, 3 volumes)

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personal data
SURNAME Vaudoncourt, Guillaume de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general and war historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1845
Place of death Passy