Jean Nicolas de Monard
Jean Baptiste Nicolas de Monard (born October 19, 1750 in Charleville-Mézières , † December 30, 1831 in Autun ) was a French Général de brigade of the First French Republic and the First Empire .
Life
Monard began his military career in 1763 in a cavalry regiment. In 1792 he became a colonel in the 5 e regiment de chasseurs á cheval . Due to his services during the cannonade at Valmy , he was promoted to Général de brigade in 1793 . In September 1793 he was accused of cooperating with General Jean-Nicolas Houchard , who was executed for high treason due to a military defeat. He did not resume his military service until June 1799. In 1803 he was chief inspector of the troops that Napoleon gathered for the invasion of England. In 1806 Monard was commissioned to settle the border conflicts between Napoleon's allies Baden and Württemberg . In 1815 he ended his military career and retired to his castle in the Côte-d'Or department .
Honors
On June 18, 1789 he was appointed Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis . On December 3, 1806 Monard received the Commander's Cross of the Baden House Order of Loyalty (Ordre de la Fidélité) from the Grand Duchy of Baden , which honored his support in the border dispute with Württemberg. On August 24, 1814, he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor , of which he had already become a knight in 1804.
Web link
- Copy of Monard's speech on the occasion of the handover of the Breisgau to Baden. In: General intelligence or weekly sheet for the state of Breisgau and the Ortenau (AIB); No. 33 of April 23, 1806; Pp. 259–264 at the Freiburg University Library
Individual references / comments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monard, Jean Nicolas de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monard, Jean Baptiste Nicolas de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleville , Champagne , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1831 |
| Place of death | Autun , Saone-et-Loire department , France |