Joseph Louis Victor Greiner

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Baron Joseph Louis Victor Greiner (born May 16, 1773 in Strasbourg , † September 21, 1838 in Versailles ) was a soldier in the French army who was accepted into the Legion of Honor because of his bravery in the Napoleonic Wars .

Life

Shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution on December 27, 1789, Joseph Louis Victor Greiner joined the second artillery regiment stationed in Metz on foot as a gunner . On May 1, 1792, he moved to the 1st Artillery Regiment on horseback and joined the Rhine Army, where he fought until 1794 and was appointed Fourier on January 23, 1793 and NCO on July 8, 1794 . He then took part in the campaigns of the French armed forces in the western Pyrenees and the Rhine until 1797 and distinguished himself in several skirmishes so that he was promoted to sergeant on April 4, 1795 and second lieutenant on May 19, 1796 .

In April / May 1798 Greiner embarked in Toulon with the Egyptian expedition particular, under the command of Napoleon standing armed forces of Egypt , and participated in the Battle of the Pyramids (July 21, 1798) as well as those at Saint-Jean d'Acre and Abukir (August 1-2, 1798). He was then promoted to lieutenant on May 18, 1799 . After the surrender of Alexandria he returned to his homeland as a captain ( Capitaine ).

With the decree of February 20, 1802 Greiner became adjutant in the mounted artillery in the consular guard and served from 1803 to 1805 in the army set up on the seashore. As a reward for his bravery, he was inducted into the Legion of Honor on June 14, 1804 . Promoted to chief of the Eskadron , he fought in the ranks of the Grande Armée in the battles in Austria , Prussia and Poland from 1805 to 1807 . In 1808 he followed Napoleon to the Iberian Peninsula . The next year he took part in the French campaign against Austria and distinguished himself in the Battle of Wagram (July 5/6, 1809), but lost his right arm. On July 9, 1809 he was made an officer of the Legion of Honor and on August 15, 1809 was awarded the title of Imperial Baron. He also received on January 25, 1810 the command of the battalion of the École polytechnique .

In the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars, Greiner was appointed by the Emperor to command the artillery companies of the École polytechnique organized to defend the barriers of Paris on January 25, 1814, and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Artillery of the Paris National Guard on March 26, 1814 . After the restoration of the Bourbons , King Louis XVIII raised him . on September 14, 1814, Knight of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis and on January 6, 1815, Commander of the Legion of Honor. During Napoleon's brief return and rule of the Hundred Days (March to June 1815), he again commanded the artillery of the École polytechnique and the National Guard.

After the second restoration of Louis XVIII. Greiner received his pension through the orderly on July 6, 1816. On August 31, 1830, at his request, Louis-Philippe appointed him commandant of Vincennes . He held this position until April 20, 1836, when he was retired because of his advanced age. He died in Versailles on September 21, 1838 at the age of 65.

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SURNAME Greiner, Joseph Louis Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soldier
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1838
Place of death Versailles