Louis Vasserot
Louis Vasserot (born March 3, 1771 in Champlay , † December 8, 1840 in Paris ) was a French Général de division of the artillery and infantry .
Life
Enthusiastic about the ideals of the revolution , he joined the army in 1789 and quickly became a great admirer of Napoleon .
In December 1796 he was u. a. together with Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse and François Watrin assigned to the expedition army under General Lazare Hoche . Napoleon wanted to support the Society of United Irishmen under Theobald Wolfe Tone in their independence efforts against the British; but this action failed miserably.
In the Revolutionary Wars , Vasserot was often able to distinguish himself through courage and bravery and also made a career very quickly. From September 21, 1809 he led an infantry regiment with the rank of colonel , from May 18, 1813 he was Général de brigade .
Under the leadership of Marshal Joachim Murat , he fought in the Battle of Lübeck (November 6, 1806) and was wounded in the process. After further promotions, he moved in 1808 to the staff of General Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult during the war in Spain .
After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Treaty of Fontainebleau ), Vasserot turned to the House of Bourbon . When Napoleon left the island of Elba and his " rule of the hundred days ", Vasserot was largely neutral.
On May 7, 1825, Vasserot married Madeleine-Victoire Clément in Paris. He resigned almost all of his offices and retired into private life. Vasserot died in Paris on December 8, 1840 at the age of 69 and was buried on the Cimetière Père Lachaise (8th Division).
Honors
- December 2, 1810 Baron de l'Émpire
- 1824 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
- Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
- Real y Military Order de San Fernando
- Russian Order of Saint Anne
- His name can be found on the north pillar (9th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
literature
- David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
- Philip J. Haythornthwaite: Who was who in the Napoleonic Wars . Arms & Armor, London 1998, ISBN 1-85409-391-6 .
- 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 the Paris 1934 edition).
- Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awarded by King Ferdinand VII.
- ↑ Awarded by Tsar Alexander I.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vasserot, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general of the artillery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Champlay |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1840 |
| Place of death | Paris |