Jacques Maurice Hatry
Jacques Maurice Hatry (born February 12, 1742 in Strasbourg , † November 30, 1802 in Paris ) was a French Général de division and Senator .
Life
Hatry comes from a respected Alsatian family. He joined the royal army and became an admirer of Napoleon very early on . Around 1785 he married Marie-Françoise Engelmann and had a son with her, who later became General August Charles Hatry (1788–1863).
At the outbreak of the revolution - in 1789 - Hatry was already a colonel. He took part in the Revolutionary Wars and was able to distinguish himself several times through bravery. Among other things, he played a key role in the Second Battle of Weissenburg when he prevented a possible French defeat through his timely intervention. The battle cry “Landau ou la mort” ( Landau or death) is said to go back to him . On December 30, 1797 Hatry took over the fortress of Mainz without a fight due to a secret additional convention to the peace of Campo-Formio . In early 1799 François-Nicolas Fririon became his chief of staff; beside him Hatry fought, among other things, in the battle of Verona (March 26, 1799). Hatry later moved to the staff of General Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer and took part, among other things, in the Battle of Magnano (April 5, 1799).
Hatry was involved in the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (November 9, 1799) and helped establish Napoleon as First Consul . In March 1800 Hatry was named a senator. On November 30, 1802, Hatry died of a stroke at the age of 60. He found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery .
Honors
- His name can be found on the north pillar (5th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
literature
- Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
- Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, vol. 3 . Slatkine, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 (reprint of the Paris 1890 edition).
- Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-213-02286-0 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hatry, Jacques Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French division general and senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1742 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1802 |
| Place of death | Paris |