Louis de Frotté
Louis de Frotté | |
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| Years of service | 1781–1800 |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Marie Pierre Louis de Frotté (August 1, 1766 – February 18, 1800) was a French soldier and an opponent of the
Louis de Frotté was born in
Frotté fought at Valmy in 1792, and, after Brunswick's unsuccessful campaign, sailed to England. There, he joined the vicomte de Bussy's regiment of émigrés, Les Chevaliers de la couronne, venturing into Brittany several times and linking up with Chouan royalists, who had risen up against the French Republic that had evolved from the Revolution.
Frotté soon became a leader of the Chouan revolt, organizing the rebels into military units and forming a staff.
This rebellion was fairly successful, but, after
Frotté met with Guidal at the Hôtel du Cygne on 15 February 1800. During the meeting, he was arrested by Republican forces and, three days later, brought before a military tribunal, which sentenced him to death by firing squad. He was executed on February 18.
References
- ^ Barbey, Frédéric (1906). A Friend of Marie-Antoinette (Lady Atkyns). Chapman & Hall, Limited. pp. 6–7.
- ^ "Louis de Frotté". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
External links
- de La Sicotière, Léon (1889). Louis de Frotté et les insurrections normandes, 1793-1832 (in French).
- de Ventavon, Jean Silve (1993). Louis de Frotté: le lion de Normandie (in French). ISBN 9782851571045.
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