Jean-Parfait Friederichs
Jean-Parfait Friederichs (born June 11, 1773 in Montmartre , Paris , † October 20, 1813 near Leipzig ) was a French general de division of the infantry .
Life
Before the start of the revolution , Friederichs joined the royal army and made a career there very quickly. First he served in the Rhine Army and after further promotions he switched to the Guard Impériale .
There he was able to distinguish himself in the coalition wars and reached the high point of his career with the promotion to Général de division on September 23, 1812.
Under Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout , he took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign and fought a. a. at Borodino (September 7, 1812) and at the Beresina (November 26-28, 1812).
When a new army was set up the following year, Friederichs came to the staff of Marshal Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont . He was seriously wounded in the battle near Möckern (April 5, 1813). In the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813) he was again seriously wounded and succumbed to his injuries in the hospital during the amputation of his leg.
Honors
- June 14, 1804 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
- June 14, 1806 Officer of the Legion of Honor
- February 2, 1809 Baron de l'Émpire
- June 5, 1809 Commander of the Legion of Honor
- His name can be found on the eastern pillar (20th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris ).
literature
- Karl Bleibtreu : Marshals, generals, soldiers of Napoleon I. VRZ-Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-931482-63-4 . (Reprint of the Berlin 1899 edition)
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux francais de la Révolution et de l'Émpire . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 . (Reprint of the Paris 1934 edition)
- Alfons Friderichs: The ancestors of General Baron Jean Parfait Friederichs come from Eller , Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell, 1994, pp. 74-75
- Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-213-02286-0 .
- Alfons Friderichs (ed.): Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district. Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 115.
Web links
- Jean-Parfait Friederichs in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Jean-Parfait Friederichs - French general, son of a wine merchant from Eller
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friederichs, Jean-Parfait |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montmartre , Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1813 |
| Place of death | near Leipzig |