Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac
French soldier
About Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac
Lived 1766 – 1855 (aged 89). Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac was a French military personnel, baron of the Empire and vicomte.
Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac (; 1 November 1766 – 12 December 1855) became a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1791, he joined a volunteer battalion and soon became a captain. He fought with the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade against the Austrians in Italy. He participated in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, being promoted to lead the regiment after distinguishing himself at the Battle of the Pyramids. He was severely wounded at Acre and promoted to general of brigade in 1801.
Darmagnac fought at Austerlitz in 1805 and led the Paris guard in 1806–1807. Going to Spain, he was wounded at Medina de Rioseco and became a general of division in 1808.
After serving as provincial governor in Old Castile, where he plundered many works of art, especially in Burgos, and allowed the looting of the tomb of the Cid Campeador in the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña.
He assumed command of a combat division at Vitoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, the Nivelle, the Nive, Orthez, and Toulouse. After holding interior commands under the Bourbon Restoration, he retired in 1831. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe in Column 36.
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Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac was born on 1 November 1766 in Toulouse.
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Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac died on 13 December 1855 in Bordeaux.
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Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac was a military personnel, baron of the Empire and vicomte.
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Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac was French.
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