Joseph-François-Louis-Charles de Damas

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Joseph-François-Louis-Charles César de Damas D'Antigny (born October 28, 1758 , † March 5, 1829 in Paris ) was a French nobleman. He was the brother of Roger de Damas .

Life

As a colonel and adjutant to Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau , he took part in the campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in North America.

After his return entrusted with the command of a dragoon regiment, he was commissioned by the Marquis of Bouillé in 1791 to carry out the intended escape of Louis XVI with this regiment . to cover, but left his stubborn regiment and went to the king in Varennes , where he was arrested. Sentenced to death in Paris, he was set free again by amnesty under the consulate .

He left France and took part in the campaigns of 1792 and 1793 in the army of the emigrants . Finally he followed the Count of Artois to Italy, was promoted to Maréchal de camp in 1795 and was about to take part in the Quiberon expedition when he was shipwrecked at Calais and captured by the Republicans. Set free again, he accompanied the Count of Artois as adjutant general to Ile-Dieu and then served in Condés' army from 1797 to 1801 . After the emigre law was relaxed, he lived in Paris again.

After the Restoration he was appointed Peer of France , Lieutenant-General and Captain of the Chevaulegers . He followed Louis XVIII. Moved to Belgium in 1815, then became the commander of the 18th military division in Dijon. On May 30, 1825, he received the title of duke. He died without an heir on March 5, 1829 in Paris.

In the "Mémoires relatifs à la révolution" (vol. 20, par. 1823) there is an account of the Varennes event .

literature

  • Joseph François Louis Charles César de Damas D'Antigny: Affaire De Varennes: Rapport De M. Le Comte Charles De Damas 1791 . In: Mémoires Sur L'Affaire De Varennes , (Paris 1823).