Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux

Military career

Étienne d'Hastrel was admitted to the Royal Military School in Paris as a gentleman-cadet, with the rank of sous-lieutenant on 11 September 1781. When he graduated on 8 May 1784, he joined the Artois Regiment—later the 48th Infantry Regiment—as a lieutenant.

He was promoted to captain with the campaign of the Vosges on 13 April 1792. He participated in the engagements at Frankfurt am Main and Hochheim and siege of Mainz (1793), and a small engagement at Bingen. Subsequently he was named adjutant staff major of the Army of the Rhine on 11 July 1793. Adjutant and Chef of Brigade 5 February 1799 General of Brigade 26 January 1807 General of Division 25 March 1811 Honors Knight of the Légion d'honneur 14 June 1804

In 1804, Etienne Hastrel became a member of the Legion of Honor. and in the military government of Hamburg. In June 1810, he was rewarded as Commander of the Legion of Honor. During the July Revolution of 1830, he was recalled to the general staff, but he retired permanently in 1832. He became a grand officer of the Legion of Honor on 8 May 1835.