Jean Dominique Compans
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Count Jean Dominique Compans (26 June 1769,
Divisional General from 1811 and a participant of Napoleonic Wars
.
Biography
Upon the outbreak of the
General de brigade, which was made permanent in October.[1] In 1800 Compans was wounded by a musket ball at San Giacomo. Having recovered, he distinguished himself at Montebello and Marengo
.
After the
La Fère-Champenoise
.
After Napoleon's abdication, Compans served
Louis XVIII of France on the War Council. During the Hundred Days he rejoined Napoleon but declined a command in the Army of the North. Having been named a Pair of France by Louis XVIII, in the trial of Marshal Ney he voted for the death penalty. His name is inscribed on the eastern column of the Arc de Triomphe.[1]
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