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Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
French military officer
Not to be confused with Charles-Édouard Lefebvre.
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1773-09-14)14 September 1773 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 April 1822(1822-04-22) (aged 48) off the coast of Ireland |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Charles, comte Lefebvre-Desnouettes or Lefèbvre-Desnoëttes (French pronunciation:[ʃaʁlləfevʁdenwɛt]; 14 September 1773, in Paris – 22 April 1822) became a French officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and a general during the Napoleonic Wars.
He later emigrated to the United States.[1]
French Revolutionary Wars
He joined the army in 1792, and served with the armies of the North, of the Sambre et Meuse and Rhine et Moselle in the various campaigns of the French Revolution.
Six years later he had become captain and aide-de-camp to General Napoleon Bonaparte. At the Battle of Marengo in June 1800 he won further promotion.
Empire
Under the Empire, Lefe
