Jean Fabre de La Martillière
Jean Fabre de La Martillière (born March 10, 1732 in Nîmes , † March 27, 1819 in Paris ) was a French Général de division of the artillery and politician.
Life
As an officer, La Martillière took part in the Seven Years' War and only returned to France after the peace treaty (February 10, 1763).
In 1780 he was promoted to colonel and two years later he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis . He took part in the campaigns of the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to Général de brigade on August 14, 1793 .
On April 1, 1795, he was promoted to Général de division.
After the Treaty of Lunéville (February 9, 1801), La Martillière resigned from all offices and settled in Paris. There he was then appointed as a member of the government for a few years.
La Martillière died seventeen days after his 87th birthday on March 27, 1819 in Paris and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery (39th Division, 1st Ligne).
On April 22nd of the same year General François-Marie d'Aboville read an eloquence on La Martillière in the Chambre des Pairs .
Honors
- October 30, 1803 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
- June 13, 1804 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
- Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
- 1808 Comte de l'Empire
- His name can be found on the western pillar (31st column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
Fonts
- Research on les meilleurs effets à obtenir de l'artillerie . Paris 1812 (2 vol.).
- Reflections on the fabrication in general des bouches à feu . Paris 1817.
literature
- David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
- Kevin F. Kiley: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles . Greenhill, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-85367-710-6 .
- Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrites militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
- Robert Adolphe, Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires francais, Vol. 2 Slatkine, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 (reprint of the Paris 1889 edition)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Published in the May 4, 1819 edition of Le Moniteur universel .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabre de La Martillière, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French artillery division general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1732 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1819 |
| Place of death | Paris |