Marie François Rouyer

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Marie François Rouyer (left) at the Battle of Fleurus

Marie François Rouyer (born March 2, 1765 in Vouxey , Lorraine , † August 10, 1824 in Barville ) was a French Général de division of the infantry .

Life

On August 15, 1783, he entered German service as a cadet, was promoted to lieutenant in the Tuscany Dragoons regiment on February 16, 1786 and to first lieutenant on October 12, 1787 . From 1784 to 1789 he fought in the Turkish Wars .

When war broke out between Austria and France in 1791, he returned to his home and entered on September 15, 1791 as a captain in the 12 e régiment d'infantry de ligne one. In 1792 and 1793 he served in the Armée du Nord and in Belgium. On December 15, 1793 he was transferred to the General Staff and took over the function of an assistant to the adjutant general. On April 12, 1794 he was promoted to Chef de brigade . Allocated to the Armée des Ardennes at the end of 1793, he was transferred to the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse on July 2, 1794 , where he distinguished himself by capturing a Dutch regiment in the Battle of Fleurus .

In the course of the reform, Rouyer was dismissed from service on February 26, 1797, but was reinstated on July 3, 1798 and assigned to the Mainz Army. On July 30, 1799 he was promoted to Général de brigade and took over a command in the observation army. Transferred to the Armée du Rhin, he took part in the campaigns of 1799 and 1801. He was deactivated on September 23, 1801 and activated on April 27, 1802 and assigned to the 10th Division. On August 2, 1802 Rouyer was transferred to the 2nd Division. On December 11, 1803, he was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor and on December 13, he was transferred to the division of Général Dupont in the Camp de Montreuil. On June 14, 1804, he was appointed Commander of the Legion of Honor.

From 1805 to 1807 Rouyer took part in the campaigns in Austria, Prussia and Poland. He commanded the 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in the 6th Corps of the Grande Armée . On August 30, 1805 he was able to fight in the battle of Haslach-Jungingen , as well as in the battle of Austerlitz on December 2, where he earned the rank of Général de division, to which he was promoted on December 24, 1805. On March 15, 1808 he was appointed Baron of the Empire. On March 25, 1808, Rouyer joined the 2nd Gironde Observation Corps and on May 4th took command of a division made up of Swiss and Spanish regiments. On July 22, 1808, after the Battle of Bailén , he was taken prisoner of war after refusing to surrender. Returned to France on September 21, he was given leave of absence on October 9, 1808.

Back in service, he took over a division of the 4th Corps of the Rhine Army on March 15, 1809, then switched to the 8th Koprs on April 17 and to the 7th Corps on July 17, with whom he participated in the fifth coalition war , where Rouyer attended was involved in the fighting against the rebels in Tyrol.

On January 9, 1810, he joined the army in Catalonia and was given leave on May 13, 1812. On July 23, 1813, he was placed at the disposal of the Viceroy of Italy and took over command of the 1st Infantry Division in the Corps of Général Verdier . Rouyer held this post until June 20, 1814.

During the First Restoration , on August 10, 1814, he was awarded the Order of a Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis . During the reign of the Hundred Days , Rouyer took over the 9th battalion of the "Gardes nationales d'élites", which formed the reserve division of the Moselle Army.

After the dismissal of the Napoleonic Army on July 25, 1815, he was finally retired on September 4, 1815.

On August 10, 1824, General Marie François Rouyer died in Barville and found his final resting place in the Paris Père Lachaise Cemetery (19th Division).

Honors

literature

  • Digby Smith : The Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill Press, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
  • Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789 - 1814: Eberle to Exelmans [1]
  • [2] Les généraux français et étrangers ayant servis dans la Grande Armée
  • [3] La noblesse d'Empire
  • [4] Marie François Rouyer
  • Antoine Vincent Arnault, Antoine Jay, Etienne de Jouy, Jacques Marquet de Norvins “Biographie nouvelle des contemporains ou dictionnaire historique et raisonné de tous les hommes qui, depuis la Révolution française ont acquis de la célébrité par leurs actions…”, Volume 18 Éditeur Paris , librairie historique January 1825 chap. 281 [5] .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte .
  2. ↑ awarded by the French King Louis XVIII.
personal data
SURNAME Rouyer, Marie François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French infantry division general
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Vouxey , Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1824
Place of death Barville