Louis-Auguste Jouvenel des Ursins d'Harville
Louis-August Jouvenel des Ursins, comte d'Harville rare Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins, comte d'Harville (born April 23, 1749 in Paris , † May 8, 1815 in Harville ) was a French general of the cavalry .
Live and act
Jouvenel des Ursins was a son of Lieutenant-Général Claude-Constant Jouvenel des Ursins d'Harville, Marquis de Trainel (1723–1794) and his wife Marie-Antoinette Goyon de Matigno (1725–1770). He was related to the House of Luxembourg through his great-grandmother, Catherine Jouvenel des Ursins († 1643) (→ Primogenitur ).
Jouvenel des Ursins followed his father early on and joined the royal army as a volunteer. He completed his first years of service in the gendarmerie and was promoted several times because of his bravery: Sous-Lieutenant (November 25, 1766), Capitaine-Lieutenant (January 1, 1784), Maréchal de camp (March 9, 1788) and Lieutenant-Général (February 6, 1792). During the Battle of Jemappes he commanded a corps under General Dumouriez , which bypassed the imperial positions and was decisive for the French victory.
Since April 15, 1766 he was married to Marie-Henriette d'Alpozzo de La Trousse (1748–1836); the wedding took place at Château de la Trousse , the residence of his in-laws.
Jouvenel des Ursins died 15 days after his 66th birthday on May 8, 1815 at Château de la Trousse near Harville and found his final resting place on the Cimetière de Doue .
Honors
- June 1784 Knight of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
- October 2, 1803 Knight of the Legion of Honor
- October 14, 1804 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor
- June 9, 1805 Grand Aigle of the Legion of Honor
- January 1, 1806 Knight of the Württemberg Order of the Golden Eagle
- May 1808 Comte de l'Émpire
- June 4, 1814 Peer of France
- His name can be found on the north pillar (5th column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris)
literature
- Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 volumes).
- Adolphe Robert, Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français. Volume 3, Slatkine Reprint, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 (reprint of the Paris 1890 edition).
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of Paris 1934 edition)
- Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1808, page 18
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jouvenel des Ursins d'Harville, Louis-Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville, Louis-Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general of the cavalry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1815 |
| Place of death | Harville |