Amédée Emmanuel François Laharpe
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Frédéric-César de la Harpe (cousin) |
Amédée Emmanuel François Laharpe (born de La Harpe; French:
Early life and career
Amédée de La Harpe was born into a noble family in Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland on 27 September 1754. He was the son of Louis Philippe de La Harpe, Seigneur des Uttins and member of Lausanne's Council of Sixty, and Sophie Hugonin.[1] He attended a philanthropinist school in Haldenstein along with his cousin Frédéric-César de La Harpe,[1] who would become the leader of the successful movement for the independence of Vaud from the canton of Bern.[2]
As a young man La Harpe served as a
In 1792, in accordance with the laws of revolutionary France and his own beliefs, La Harpe dropped the nobiliary particle "de" from his surname and changed it to Laharpe.[4]
French Revolutionary Wars
In late 1791, Laharpe joined the French Army as a
His promotion to
With the Sardinians subdued, Bonaparte moved against
Legacy
During his exile in Saint Helena, Napoleon described Laharpe as "an officer of distinguished bravery. A grenadier in heart and stature. Beloved by his troops whom he led with intelligence".[7] He is honored on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where the name LAHARPE is inscribed on column 24, right below that of fellow Vaudois volunteer Jean Reynier.
Family
In 1775, during his mercenary service in the Netherlands, La Harpe married Baroness Charlotte d'Auvin de Burdinne, from the County of Namur.[1] Two of their sons, Sigismond (1779–1858) and Emmanuel de La Harpe (1782–1842), went on to briefly serve in the French Army during the Revolutionary Wars.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Fabienne Abetel-Béguelin: Amédée de La Harpe in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ISBN 9781787201385.
- ^ .
- ^ Chateauneuf, A. (1807). Le nepos français (in French). Vol. 11. Paris. p. 132.
- ^ a b c d e Chavaray, Jacques (1893). Les généraux morts pour la patrie: 1792-1871 (in French). Paris. p. 34.
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- ^ Fiebeger, G. J. (1911). The Campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte of 1796–1797. West Point, New York: US Military Academy Printing Office. p. 17.
- ^ Fabienne Taric Zumsteg: Sigismond de La Harpe in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Olivier Meuwly: Emmanuel de La Harpe in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Chandler, David. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Macmillan, 1966.