Jean Victor Tharreau

Jean Victor Tharreau

Jean Victor Tharreau , less often Jean Victor Thareau (born January 15, 1767 in Bégrolles-en-Mauges , † September 26, 1812 in Moshaisk , Russia ) was a French Général de division .

Life

Tharreau comes from a family that split because of their attitude towards the revolution . Tharreau's parents - who were enthusiastic about the revolutionary ideas - left the family seat in Cholet and settled in Châtillon-sur-Sèvre . His parents were Jean-Mathieu Tharreau, sieur e la Moncellière and Anne-Jeanne Richard.

Tharreau volunteered for the army and made a career there very quickly. In 1794, during the end times mood of the reign of terror , Tharreau was stationed with his army in the Ardennes with the rank of general. On August 4, 1797, he married Anne-Marguerite Martin in Colmar and had a son, Pierre-André.

He fought u. a. near Ostrach (March 21, 1799), near Stockach (March 25, 1799) and near Winterthur (May 27, 1799).

In 1801 Napoleon appointed him military governor of Strasbourg .

Under Marshal Jean Lannes own command when led Aspern (21-22. May 1809) and at Wagram (. July 5-6 1809). After the Treaty of Schönbrunn (October 14, 1809) he was able to return to France. In Orvault he bought a stately home for his family and himself, where he and his wife lived only for a very short time until her death in 1850.

Tharreau fought in the Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812), where he was badly wounded. On September 26 of the same year he died of his injuries in the Mozhaisk hospital .

Honors

• December 21, 1808 Baron de l'Émpire
• August 10, 1809 Officer of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the eastern pillar (11th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
• A boulder was erected in his honor in the Orvault cemetery with the inscription: “A la mémoire du Général de Division, Baron Jean-Victor Tharreau, officier de la Légion d'honneur, tué à la bataille de la Moskova le 7 septembre 1812 ".
• The Rue Tharreau in Angers was named in his honor.

literature

• Karl Bleibtreu : Marshals, generals, soldiers of Napoleon I. VRZ-Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-931482-63-4 (reprint of the Berlin 1899 edition).
• David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• Auguste Dide: La Révolution française. List of the membres de la Noblesse Impériale, vol. 6 . La Société, Paris 1889.
• Digby Smith : The Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Family Tharreau most common mistakes and inaccuracies . Retrieved May 24, 2018.