Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron
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| Other work | Governor of New Russia |
Count Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ланжеро́н, Alexander Fedorovich Lanzheron; 24 January 1763 – 16 July 1831), born in Paris, was a French soldier in the service of, first, the Kingdom of France, and then the Russian Empire.
Early life
Langeron, a member of a noble French family from
Sous-Lieutenant supernumerary in the regiment of Limosin, infantry, under his uncle, Mestre de Camp Commandant, M. le Comte de Damas de Cruz, in the Corps d'armee under his cousin. Lieutenant General M. le Marquis de Langeron; destined for a descent on England. When this project was abandoned, he was, in 1781, on his own application, transferred as Sous-Lieutenant to the regiment of Bourbonnois and was dispatched to Caracas and then to Saint-Domingue from 1782 to 1783. Promoted to captain in the Condé-Dragons Regiment, he took part in the American Revolutionary War. Langeron was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati and can be seen wearing his insignia for this order in the last position of his medal bar in his portrait by George Dawe
. In 1786, Langeron was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Médoc Regiment, and in 1788 he became colonel of the Armagnac Regiment.
French Revolutionary Wars
A
Charles-Joseph, Prince de Ligne, he was present at Alexander Suvorov's capture of Izmail, where he was wounded. He was given leave of absence in order to serve in an émigré army against revolutionary France, and after his return to Russia was sent to the Austrian army in the Netherlands
as an observer. He was promoted to brigade command in 1796 and became a major general in 1797 and lieutenant general in 1798.
Napoleonic Wars
He commanded the second column of the Austro-Russian army in the
New Russia
.
From 1806 to 1811, Langeron participated in the
Napoléon was defeated at Waterloo
.
Later life
Assumption Cathedral in Odessa
After a brief return in France, during the
Odessa has a street and a beach
named after Langeron.
In 1823 Langeron was relieved of these duties because of poor health, and he then traveled to France until 1825. After the
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 he fought against the Turks in a number of battles until he was replaced by Hans Karl von Diebitsch
. Langeron died during a cholera epidemic in 1831.
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