Jean Pierre Joseph Bruguière

Jean Pierre Joseph Bruguière , called Bruyère (born June 22, 1772 in Sommières , Département Gard , † June 5, 1813 in Görlitz , Saxony ) was a French Général de division .

Life

Bruguière was a son of the military doctor (Armée d'Italie) Jean-Justin Bruguière and his wife Marguerite Niel. At the father's request, his son should also pursue a medical career. He therefore began his studies in 1786 at the Bastia hospital in Sardinia .

Since Bruguière could not imagine a career as a medical doctor, he gave up his studies and in February 1794 joined the Napoleonic troops of the Armée d'Italie.

He took part in the 1805 campaign to Austria and the Russian campaign as a commander of a hussar division. In 1812 he fought in the association of the 1st Cavalry Corps under General Nansouty near Ostrowno and Smolensk . In the battle of Reichenbach and Markersdorf on May 22, 1813, General Bruguière was seriously wounded (a cannonball smashed both legs at knee joints) and died on June 5 of the same year in Görlitz (Saxony).

He married Josephine Thérèse Virginie Berthier (1794-1833), a daughter of General César Berthier . He had two children with her. His widow married Thomas William Graves the third Baron Graves in 1829 .

Honors

• July 11, 1807 Officer of the Legion of Honor
• August 2, 1808 Baron de l'Émpire under the name "Bruyère"
• June 14, 1809 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the eastern pillar (16th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).

literature

• David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Macmillan, New York 1966.
• Kevin F. Kiley: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles. 1800-1815 . Greenhill Press, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-85367-710-6 .
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1852 (2 vols.).