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Jean Fabre de La Martillière

1732 – 1819

French military commander

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Lived 1732 – 1819 (aged 87). Jean Fabre de La Martillière was a French politician and military personnel.

Jean Fabre de la Martillière (; 10 March 1732 in Nîmes – 27 March 1819 in Paris) was a general of artillery in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and French politician.

Military career La Martillière commanded the artillery park of the Army of the Rhine (1797) and successively the Army of Mayence (1798) and the Army of the Danube, 1799. Following the reorganization of the Army of the Danube in April 1799, he was attached to André Masséna's Army of Helvetia. He participated in the Ostrach, Stockach, and Zurich, after which he was transferred to northern Italy, where he was at the Battle of Novi and the Battle of Marengo.

After the Peace of Lunéville in 1801, he became a member of the Central Committee of Artillery and Inspector General of Artillery. Napoleon appointed him to the Senate on 4 January 1802. In 1808, Napoleon raised him to Count of the Empire.

Having voted for the downfall of Napoleon I during the first Restoration, he was called to the Chamber of Peers 4 June 1814. He was appointed inspector of the Polytechnic School in 1816. Louis XVIII confirmed his titles of Count and Peer of France by royal decree of 31 August 1817. He died in 1819, at the age of 87 years.

Works Recherches sur les meilleurs effets à obtenir de l'artillerie; Paris, 1812 Réflexions sur la fabrication en général des bouches à feu; Paris, 1817

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Positions held
Pair of France, Member of the Sénat conservateur
Awards
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis; List of names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe
Also known as
Jean Fabre de La Martilliere

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French military commander (1732-1819)

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Jean Fabre de La Martillière was born on 10 March 1732 in Nîmes.

When did Jean Fabre de La Martillière die?

Jean Fabre de La Martillière died on 27 March 1819 in Paris.

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Jean Fabre de La Martillière was a politician and military personnel.

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Jean Fabre de La Martillière was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean Fabre de La Martillière

· Wikidata: Q3171962

· DBpedia: Jean Fabre de La Martillière

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