Jacques Nicolas Bellavène
Jacques Nicolas Bellavène (20 October 1770, in
Life
He entered the French army as a private in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment on 24 March 1791, rising to
On the night of 12-13 frimaire, having learned on a visit to the vanguard that the Austrian army defeated at
At the
On 19 ventôse year XI,
When allied troops arrived in the outskirts of Paris, an officer and six Prussian soldiers were encamped at Saint-Cyr ; soon a large force of allied troops gathered outside this establishment, demanding that the Prussians be handed over to them, and also desiring that they lay down their arms and hand over the students as prisoners. General Bellavène, after having put the seven foreigners in a place of safety, appeared alone before the allied troops and declared to them that, since the arms belonged to the ministry, the students to their parents and his guests to his honour, he was resolved to hand over neither one nor the others. This firmness impressed the allied troops, who gave up their plan.
Louis XVIII, now back in Paris, allowed Bellavène to retire to Milly-la-Forêt on 27 September 1815, where Bellavène died in 1826.
Coat of arms
Coupé : au 1, parti d'argent, à trois étoiles d'azur et du quartier des
References
- ^ Source: Armorial du Premier Empire, Vicomte Albert Révérend, Comte E. Villeroy
- ^ La noblesse d'Empire sur http://thierry.pouliquen.free.fr Archived 2010-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Source : Armorial de l'Empire français - par M. Alcide Georgel - 1870. L'Institut, L'Université, Les Ecoles publiques. Texte téléchargé depuis le site de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
