Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez
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Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez (born August 7, 1761 in Le Palais on the island of Belle-Île , † May 17, 1845 in Suresnes ) was a French admiral.
Life
At the age of fourteen Willaumez came to the Navy and on the ship "Bien-Aimé", which Louis Antoine de Bougainville led.
Under the command of Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse , Willaumez fought in the American War of Independence . He distinguished himself in the Battle of Les Saintes (April 12, 1782), but a few weeks later he was wounded and taken prisoner by the British during a sea battle off Cape Henry (northeast of Virginia Beach ). After the Peace of Paris (September 3, 1783), Willaumez spent several years traveling for French trading houses between North and South America and France.
In 1791, Willaumez joined Captain Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux on behalf of the National Assembly in search of the missing geographer Jean-François de La Pérouse . After Entrecasteaux died in late July 1793 off the Hermit Islands ( Papua New Guinea ), Willaumez broke off this expedition and returned to France.
Together with Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse , he brought General Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc and his invading army to Saint-Domingue ( Hispaniola ) in 1802 , where they were supposed to put down the uprising led by Toussaint Louverture .
In 1819 Willaumez resigned all his offices and retired into private life; on the occasion of his official farewell, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral. During the July monarchy he was one of the advisors to Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, duc de Chartres . On January 13, 1840, he married Jeanne-Honorine Frémin, widow of Jacques-Charles Chevalier. Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez died at the age of 81 on May 17, 1845 in Suresnes and found his final resting place there.
Fonts (selection)
- Dictionnaire de la marine . Édition Le Chasse-Marée, Douarnenez 1998, ISBN 2-903708-77-0 (reprint of the Paris 1831 edition).
Honors
- Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
- Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
- Baron de l'Émpire
- 1837 Peer of France
- His name can be found on the southern pillar (22nd column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris ).
- The rue Willaumez in Le Palais, the rue Admiral Willaumez in Suresnes and the Willaumez peninsula (part of the island of New Britain , Bismarck Archipelago ) are named in his honor.
literature
- David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
- Maurice Dupont: L'admiral Willaumez . Tallandier, Paris 1987, ISBN 2-235-01723-1 .
- William M. James: The naval history of Great Britain during the French Revolutionary and Napoleon's wars . Conway Maritime Press, London 2003 (6 vols.)
- Ernest H. Jenkins: A history of the French Navy. From the beginnings to the present day . MacDonald, London 1973, ISBN 0-356-04196-4 .
- Histoire de la marine française. Des origines à nosjours . Michel, Paris 1977, ISBN 2-226-00541-2 .
- Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).
- Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
- Onésime-Joachim Troude: Les batailles navales de la France . Challamel, Paris 1867.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minutes du notaire Hippolyte LEJEUNE, 09/26/1833 - 07/29/1863 (étude IX). In: Archives Nationales des Notaires de France. archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr, p. 20 (French).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willaumez, Jean-Baptiste Philibert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Palais , Belle-Île |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1845 |
| Place of death | Suresnes |