Jean Pierre Lanabère
Jean Pierre Lanabère , rarely Jean Pierre Lannabère (born December 24, 1770 in Salies-de-Béarn , † September 16, 1812 in Moshaisk ) was a French general de brigade of the infantry .
Life
Lanabère joined the royal army as a cadet and was soon able to distinguish himself through courage and bravery. He took part in the Revolutionary Wars and was also promoted very quickly.
Lanabère became a partisan of Napoleon early on, and Napoleon brought him to his staff on the occasion of the Russian campaign . On this campaign Lanabère led the Jeune Garde of the Garde impériale and was fatally wounded on September 7, 1812 in the Battle of Borodino . He died of complications from his injuries nine days later in the Mozhaisk hospital.
Honors
- September 10, 1808 Chevalier del'Émpire
- June 4, 1801 Baron de l'Émpire
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- His name can be found on the eastern pillar (19th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris ).
literature
- Alain Pigeard: Dictionnaire de la Grande Armée . Tallandier, Paris 2002, p. 725, ISBN 2-84734-009-2 .
- Jean Tulard Napoléon et la noblesse d'Émpire . Tallandier, Paris 2001, p. 250, ISBN 2-235-02302-9 .
- Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire (1792–1814 ), two volumes, Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 , unaltered reprint of the 1934 edition of Paris (PDF / Text file volume 1 and volume 2 )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanabère, Jean Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lannabère, Jean Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Brigadier General of the Infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salies-de-Bearn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1812 |
| Place of death | Moshaisk |