Georges Mouton
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Georges Mouton | |
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,_mar%C3%A9chal_de_France.jpg) Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1835 | |
| Born | 21 February 1770 Phalsbourg, France |
| Died | 27 November 1838 (aged 68) Paris, France |
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| Service/ | French Army |
| Years of service | 1792–1838 |
| Rank | Maréchal de France |
| Commands held | VI Infantry Corps |
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Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau (21 February 1770 – 27 November 1838) was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France.
Biography
Born in
Lorraine, he enlisted in the French Revolutionary Army in 1792.[1] Serving in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, he was promoted to the rank of colonel
by 1800.
He was promoted to
During the
Napoleon I of France. He then served with distinction during the 1813 campaign, seeing action at the Battles of Lützen and Bautzen.[1]
After
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr when, upon the retreat after the battle of Leipzig, the latter was trapped in Dresden and after the surrender of these forces he became a prisoner of the Austrian Empire
for the rest of the war.
During the Hundred Days, Mouton rallied to Napoleon and was made commander of the VI Infantry Corps which he led in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo.[1] At the Battle of Waterloo he distinguished himself in the defense of Plancenoit against the Prussians.
After the
House of Representatives from 1828 to 1830 as a liberal, and, in 1830, he joined the July Revolution as commander of the National Guard.[1]
As a reward for his services to
Louis-Philippe he was made a Marshal in 1831. He was also made a Peer of France in 1833.[1] In 1832 and 1834, Lobau was assigned to suppress insurrections
, a task in which he was successful.
Mouton died in Paris in 1838 as a result of an old wound.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 1854093916.
External links
- About general Georges Mouton, from the website arcdetriomphe.info
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