Antoine Simon Durrieu

Antoine Simon Durrieu was a French general and politician. He was born on 20 July 1775 in Grenade-sur-l'Adour (Landes) and died on 7 April 1862 in Saint-Sever (Landes).

Life

Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars Son of a notary, he studied at the seminary of Aire-sur-l'Adour and left it in 1793 to go, with the corps of the National Guards of Bayonne, to the banks of the Bidasoa to keep the positions that the troop of line could not occupy at the borders. In 1795, he became Captain of the Basque volunteers. That same year, he joined the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. Following the peace concluded with Spain, he crossed into Italy and fought in Tyrol with Generals Joubert and Belliard. After Malta, he also distinguished himself at the Battle of the Pyramids (21 July 1798) in the French Army of the Orient commanded by General Bonaparte.

Back in France, during the invasion of 1815, he was division's head at the Ministry of War. The return of Napoleon during the Hundred-Days having called him back to activity, he took part in the fights at the battle of Ligny (Fleurus) and was wounded at the battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. During this campaign, on 22 February 1829, he was promoted by King Charles X, General of division, then on his return to France, Baron on 30 June 1830. Pair of France on 14 August 1845. Deputy of the district of the Landes (1834–1851) French decorations:

60px Grand-officier of the Legion of Honour on 5 January 1834. 60px Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour on 24 October 1859. Foreign decorations: 60px Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown. (Kingdom of Italy) 60px Grand-croix of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain) in 1823.

Successive military ranks: Captain (1793) Battalion Commander (Chef de bataillon) (1807) Colonel (1809) Brigadier General (Général de brigade) (1813) Field Marshal (Maréchal de camp) (1818) Divisional general (Général de division) (22 February 1829).

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