Antoine Virgile Schneider
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Antoine Virgile Schneider (22 March 1779 in
Biography
Antoine Virgile Schneider was born on 22 March 1779 at Bouquenom, and was the son of doctor Christophe Schneider. He was the cousin of
A memoir on the Greek island of
Brought into inactivity by the Second Restoration, he was recalled to service in 1819 and took part in the campaign in Spain and particularly in the siege of Pamplona in 1823 as colonel of the 20th Regiment of Light Infantry. Promoted to Maréchal de camp on 22 May 1825, he participated to the Morea expedition in Greece, under the command of Marshal Maison, and he directed the siege operations of the fortresses of the Peloponnese in October 1828.[3] Heading the 3rd Brigade of the expeditionary force, he liberated the city of Patras (on 5 October 1828) and took the “Castle of Morea” of Patras (on 30 October 1828 ) to the Turkish-Egyptian occupation troops of Ibrahim Pasha.[3] After having completely liberated Greece from the occupier, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the occupation troops in place of Marshal Maison, and received, at the time of his recall in July 1831, a sword of honor by the Greek government.[1]
Promoted to
Appointed
On 28 November 1840, General Schneider was given command of the troops of the external division of Paris, which cooperated in the work of the fortifications of the capital and, on 17 July 1841, he became president of the infantry committee. Re-elected as a deputy on 9 July 1842 and on 1 August 1846, he voted against the compensation Pritchard and the Rémusat proposal.[1]
Decorations
- Name engraved under the Arc de Triomphe (Northern pillar, Column 7)
Grand-officier of the Legion of Honour (22 February 1829)
Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour (14 April 1844)
Grand-commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) (Almanach royal et national 1835)
Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) (Almanach royal et national 1835)
Works
- Virgile Schneider, Histoire et description des îles Ioniennes, Dondey-Dupré, Paris, 1823.
- Virgile Schneider, Résumé des attributions et devoirs de l'infanterie légère en campagne, Dondey-Dupré, Paris,1823.
- Virgile Schneider also collaborated to the Spectateur militaire.
Annexes
Bibliography
- "Antoine Virgile Schneider", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
- Mullié, Charles (1852). . (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie.
- Almanach royal et national 1835
- Jean-Louis Beaucarnot, Les Schneider, une dynastie, Hachette Littérature, 1986
- Elvire de Brissac, Ô dix-neuvième !, Grasset, prix Femina essai, 2001
- Elvire de Brissac, Il était une fois les Schneider, Grasset, 2007
- Dominique Schneidre, Les Schneider, Le Creusot, Fayard, 1995
- Dominique Schneidre, Fortune de mère, Fayard, 2001
- Les Schneider, Le Creusot, une famille, une entreprise, une ville, 1836-1960, catalogue de l'exposition
External links
- Resources related to his public life: Base Léonore ; Base Sycomore :
- "Notice no. LH/2484/6". Base Léonore (in French). (National Order of the Legion of Honour)
- « List of the parliamentary terms of Antoine, Virgile Schneider (1779 - 1847) », base Sycomore, (French National Assembly).
Linked articles
- Adolphe Schneider
- Eugène Schneider I
- Henri Schneider
- Eugène Schneider II
- Charles Schneider
- Château de la Verrerie
- Morea expedition
- List of members of the Morea expedition (1828-1833)
Political offices
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Antoine Virgile Schneider", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
- ^ List of his parliamentary terms and biography on the site of the French National Assembly: Antoine, Virgile Scneider (1779 - 1847)
- ^ a b Nicolas Joseph Maison (Lieutenant-general) : dépêches adressées au ministre de la Guerre Louis-Victor de Caux, vicomte de Blacquetot, octobre 1828, in Jacques Mangeart, Chapitre Supplémentaire des Souvenirs de la Morée: recueillis pendant le séjour des Français dans le Peloponèse, Igonette, Paris, 1830.
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