Jean-François-Aimé Dejean

Jean-François-Aimé Dejean.

Count Jean-François-Aimé Dejean (born October 6, 1749 in Castelnaudary , † May 12, 1824 in Paris ) was a French Général de division .

He served under Charles-François Dumouriez in Belgium and in 1793 became commander of the Genie Corps and director of fortifications, in 1794 under Jean-Charles Pichegru to the Général de brigade and, after the famous crossing of the Rhine on the night of 5 to 6 September 1795, to the Général de division promoted.

From Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Council of State, he was overseeing the coasts of Brittany . After the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800 he was employed as President of the Consulate of Genoa in the new organization of Italy . In 1802 he was appointed French Minister of War and held this office until 1809, when he was charged with the poor defense of Antwerp , the portfolio was taken from him.

In 1810 Dejean was made a count and in 1812 a senator. As such, he was appointed chairman of the court martial over Generals Claude François de Malet , Victor Claude Fanneau de Lahorie and Emmanuel Maximilien Guidal , on which occasion he demonstrated an honorable independence. In 1814 Dejean joined the Bourbons, became peer and governor of the polytechnic school, but returned to Napoleon I in 1815, therefore lost his post as peer after the second restoration, received it again in 1819 and became director general in the war administration.

Dejean took his leave in 1820 and died on May 12, 1824 in Paris.

His son, Pierre François Marié Auguste Dejean , also became an important general.

Honors

His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 5th column.