Philippe-Paul de Ségur
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Count Philippe-Paul de Ségur (born November 4, 1780 in Paris , † February 25, 1873 there ) was a French officer and the son of Louis-Philippe de Ségur .
Life
In 1799 he joined the army as a hussar and took part in Moreau's campaign in Bavaria and Macdonald's campaign in Graubünden. In 1802 he became a member of Napoleon's personal staff . In 1805 he negotiated the surrender of Ulm with the Austrian General Mack . During the Polish campaign he was taken prisoner by the Russians, from which he was freed in the same year by the Peace of Tilsit in 1807. As Napoleon's adjutant, he personally led the attack on the Somosierra mountain pass in 1808 and was then promoted to colonel .
After he had served in the Russian campaign in 1812 as Général de brigade in Napoleon's entourage, he organized the Gardes d'honneur de la Garde impériale at the beginning of the campaign of 1814 and received after Napoleon's overthrow of Louis XVIII. the command of the cavalry , which had been created from the remnants of the old guard . Since he had allowed himself to be used by Napoleon as chief of staff of the army corps ordered to cover the Rhine during the reign of the Hundred Days , he withdrew into private life after the second restoration and wrote his Histoire de Napoléon et de la grande armée pendant in 1812 , which followed the General Gaspard Gourgaud gave rise to his examen critique and consequently to a duel with de Segur. The work is famous for its brilliant presentation, but often gives a wrong picture of the events. In 1830 Segur was accepted into the academy. After the July Revolution, de Segur returned to active service, was appointed lieutenant-général and peer in 1831 and died in Paris on February 25, 1873.
Honors
His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 12th column (SÉGUR, PH.).
Works (selection)
- Histoire de Russie et de Pierre le Grand (Par. 1829, 2 vol .; German, Zweibr. 1829) and
- Histoire de Charles VIII (Par. 1835, 3 vol .; 2nd ed. 1842), largely from his father's literary estate. Histoire et mémoires, période de 1789 à 1848 (Par. 1873, 8 vol.) Appeared from his estate . See Taillandier, Le géneral Philippe de S. (Par. 1875).
- Histoire de Napoléon et de la grande armée pendant 1812 (Paris 1824, 2 vols .; 16th edition 1852; German after the 10th edition, translated by Kottenkamp, Verlag Heinrich Hoff, Mannheim 1835, 2nd improved edition 1836 and more often) ,
Web links
- Works by Philippe-Paul de Ségur in Project Gutenberg ( currently not available to users from Germany )
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ségur, Philippe-Paul de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ségur, Philippe Paul de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1873 |
| Place of death | Paris |